Recall of specific brands of carbomer eye gel – AACARB eye gel, AACOMER eye gel and PUROPTICS eye gel
Nationally specific batches of carbomer eye gel are being recalled as a precaution due to possible microbiological contamination – patients can find full details on the gov.uk website
Ophthalmology is the word used to describe the diagnosis and treatment of all eye problems including injury and medical disorders.
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.