These medical disorders may involve the eye alone or the eye together with other general medical conditions.
Our specialty provides a number of services
- General (adult) ophthalmology (all consultants)
- Children’s ophthalmology (Qasim Mansoor, Hans Soeldner)
- Cataract assessment clinic (all)
- Glaucoma service
- Cornea (Trushar Patel)
- Vitreoretinal (Daniella Vaideanu-Collins)
- Oculoplastic service (Des Ah Kine and Andrew Gibson)
- Medical retina including diabetic eye disease (Sridhar Manvikar, Daniella Vaideanu-Collins, Phil Severn, Sree Pushpoth)
- Nurse-led cyst clinic
- Orthoptic department
- Optometrists
- Visual field testing
- Ophthalmic photography
- Eye retrieval
- Fluroscopy
Eye casualty opening times
Eye casualty at The James Cook University Hospital is currently open:
- 8am to 4pm – Monday to Friday
- 8am to 12noon – weekends and bank holidays
Patients should only attend with a true eye casualty complaints including acute injury, foreign body or acute loss of vision. Outside of these hours patients should present to the main emergency department.
Understanding biosimilar medicines
You may have heard about biosimilar medicines, or your treatment may be changing to one. It is normal to have questions.
This short animation explains what biosimilar medicines are, how they are used in the NHS, and what a change to a biosimilar medicine may mean for patients.
If your treatment is changing, the video will help you understand what this means and what to expect.
If you have any questions about your treatment, please speak to your healthcare team.