Private care in Winchester
I hold practicing privileges at Medicana Winchester, at Chilcomb Park on Chilcomb Lane (SO21 1HU), just off the M3 at junction 10 on the eastern edge of the city. Private consultations and the operations on the published price list can run from there, so Winchester patients no longer need to travel to Portsmouth for that care.
Medicana is not an NHS site. NHS appointments, and the regional work that depends on the joint lacrimal clinic, the periocular oncology multidisciplinary team and the orbital service, stay at Queen Alexandra Hospital.
When Portsmouth is still the right place
Queen Alexandra is around 35 minutes from Winchester, either out on the M3 and east along the M27, or down the A32 through the Meon Valley if you prefer the slower and prettier version. From Bishops Waltham, Wickham or Denmead it is closer to 20 minutes.
Portsmouth runs the largest oculoplastic service in the region: three consultant oculoplastic surgeons, more than any other unit nearby, and over a thousand new referrals a year. We hold the only joint periocular oncology multidisciplinary team meeting in the region, which means eyelid cancers are discussed by Mohs surgeons, oculoplastic surgeons and maxillofacial surgeons together rather than sequentially. We run the only joint lacrimal clinic in the region, and the highest volume endoscopic lacrimal service, with weekly operating lists that I lead.
If you have a watering eye that has already had one operation, an eyelid cancer sitting awkwardly near the tear duct, or thyroid eye disease that needs more than one specialty thinking about it, that is the difference worth driving for.
What I treat
- Watery eye assessment and scarless endoscopic tear duct surgery, plus external DCR where it is the better option
- Thyroid eye disease, including orbital decompression
- Eyelid skin cancer excision and reconstruction
- Ptosis correction for a drooping upper eyelid
- Upper eyelid surgery and lower eyelid surgery
- Entropion and ectropion repair
Getting to Medicana Winchester
Leave the M3 at junction 10, then follow signs for Chilcomb Lane. The clinic sits at Chilcomb Park, SO21 1HU, on the eastern edge of Winchester, so there is no city centre driving. Free on-site parking is available. Winchester station is about two miles away.
For Queen Alexandra Hospital the quickest route is the M3 south to junction 12, then the M27 east and off at the A27 for Cosham. The hospital is at PO6 3LY, just off the A27 on the northern edge of Portsmouth. Allow around 35 minutes outside peak times. Parking is multi-storey on site with accessible bays at the main entrances.
What the NHS funds here
Winchester patients are commissioned by NHS Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and it is worth being sure of that, because Hampshire’s northern edge is not all one commissioner. When the boards were reorganised in April 2026 the North East Hampshire towns kept the old Frimley policies, which fund eyelid surgery on published criteria that Hampshire’s own Policy 52 does not offer at all. Winchester is not in that group. For a Winchester postcode the answer is Policy 52: no threshold for a drooping lid or excess upper-lid skin, though eyelid lumps and lid malposition have criteria of their own. If your postcode sits further north and you are not certain, type it into the map rather than assume.
Arranging an appointment
Private appointments are arranged through my secretary, Gina Stacey, or you can book a time online. A referral letter is helpful but not essential for self funding patients, and insured patients will need a referral plus a pre-authorisation code. I am recognised by Aviva, Allianz, Alliance Healthcare, Bupa and Vitality.
For NHS care, speak to your GP or optometrist about a referral to the eye department at Queen Alexandra Hospital.