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The Glaucoma Unit
Please find below information on the services provided by the Glaucoma department within the West of England Eye Unit.
There is also a staff page where you can find out more about the team and some frequently asked questions to help answer any queries you may have about your care.
Service Name:
Glaucoma Unit
Directorate:
Specialist Surgery
Specialty:
Ophthalmology
What the service does:
Screening for new referrals and follow up care of stable patients
Where are you located:
Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital Wonford. We now also have a dedicated Mobile Eye Unit which goes out across the community
Treatments and procedures done:
- Visual field assessments,
- visual acuity,
- Goldman tonometry,
- gonioscopy,
- RAPD assessment,
- CCT measurement,
- HRT scans,
- Digital fundus photography
- Optic nerve head assessments
Click here for Frequently Asked Questions on the services
Medical conditions treated:
Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension
Wards you work with:
Parkerswell and Otter (for Inpatient treatment only)
Contact phone numbers:
01392 406045 - If the secretary is not able to answer your call please leave a message with your; name, date of birth and hospital number if available. This will be checked on a regular basis
2 consultants; Mr Daniel Byles and Mr Michael Smith.
2 Nurse Practitioners:Rachel Garratt & Tom Howard and 1 Nurse Specialist: Jane Kingett.
3 technicians: Jessica Sanders, Deborah Christopher and Vicki Turner
Opening times
9am – 5pm Monday – Thursday
Patient user/support groups:
Glaucoma Support Groups please leave message for Vicki Turner on 01395 406045 for information.
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