Two hospitals, and a catchment that reaches well beyond them.
I am a substantive NHS consultant at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, where the joint lacrimal clinic, the periocular oncology MDT and the orbital service all sit. I also hold practicing privileges for private consultations and surgery at Medicana Winchester. These pages answer the practical question for each area: where you will be seen, how long the journey takes, 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
Private consultations and surgery at Medicana Winchester, on the eastern edge of the city. NHS care, and the regional lacrimal and orbital service, remain at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, about 35 minutes away.
Bishops Waltham, Alresford, Twyford, Colden Common, Kings Worthy
Southampton has its own eye services, so distance alone is not the argument. Private care is about 20 minutes north at Medicana Winchester. Patients still come east to Queen Alexandra for the regional lacrimal, orbital and eyelid reconstruction service.
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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Private consultations are arranged through my secretary, Gina.
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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.