One consulting room, and a catchment that reaches well beyond it.
I consult and operate at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, and nowhere else. That is deliberate. The theatre teams, the imaging, the joint lacrimal and oncology clinics and the colleagues I operate alongside are all here, and a satellite room somewhere more convenient would mean offering you less than the full service. So these pages answer the practical question for each area instead: how long the journey really takes, how many visits you will need, and what makes it worth making.
My consulting room and operating lists are at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham, which is also the regional oculoplastic centre for south east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Cosham, Havant, Hayling Island, Gosport, Fareham
There is no Chichester clinic. Everything runs from Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, around 20 minutes west along the A27 and closer to 15 from Emsworth, which keeps the whole service in one place.
Emsworth, Southbourne, Bosham, Selsey, Bognor Regis
Queen Alexandra Hospital is the mainland oculoplastic centre for the Isle of Wight. Island patients have been coming here for this kind of surgery for years, and the service is set up to keep the number of crossings down.
Newport, Ryde, Cowes, Sandown, Shanklin
Petersfield has no specialist eye unit of its own, and Queen Alexandra Hospital is around 25 minutes straight down the A3. For most of the A3 corridor it is the natural place to be seen.
Liss, Liphook, Clanfield, Horndean, Rowlands Castle
I consult and operate at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, around 35 minutes from Winchester. Patients come from central Hampshire mainly for the subspecialty work: lacrimal surgery, orbital disease and eyelid reconstruction.
Bishops Waltham, Alresford, Twyford, Colden Common, Kings Worthy
Southampton has its own eye services, so distance alone is not the argument. Patients come east along the M27 for particular things: lacrimal surgery, orbital disease and complex eyelid reconstruction.
Eastleigh, Hedge End, Botley, Netley, Hamble
These are the areas patients most often travel from, not a boundary. The oculoplastic service at Queen Alexandra Hospital takes over 1,000 new referrals a year, and for the more specialised orbital and lacrimal work people come a good deal further than any town listed here. If you are weighing up the journey, ask my secretary and she will tell you honestly whether it is worth it.
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NHS appointments at Queen Alexandra Hospital are arranged via your GP or optometrist through Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
For urgent eye problems please call NHS 111, or contact eye casualty on 02392 286000, ext 6162.