Ophthalmology

We diagnose, treat and prevent disorders of the eyes and visual system. Our services include:

• cataract
• glaucoma
• age-related macular degeneration
• diabetic eye disease
• lid, oculoplastic and ophthalmic reconstructive surgery
• Children’s ophthalmology
• neuro-ophthalmology
• orthoptics
• vitreo-retinal surgery
• corneal service
• low vision service
• 24-hour ophthalmic accident and emergency (NB: Please call before attending out of hours )
• advice service (eye clinic liaison officer)

Where we are

Sussex Eye Hospital has the following special clinics:

• medical and surgical retina
• children’s services
• oculoplastics
• ocular motility
• neuro-ophthalmology
• external eye disease and corneal uveitis
• cataract one-stop clinics
• YAG lasers and argon laser clinics
• contact lens clinics

Sub-specialty training incudes:

• surgical retina
• medical retina
• children’s services (our children’s eye services treats children with many different conditions that affect vision and the eyes).
• oculoplastics
• cornea
• external eye disease
• squint
• toxin
• uveitis
• glaucoma

We also offer a ‘one-stop’ clinic at St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester to reduce the number of appointments and you need to attend.

A single visit to the cataract clinic now combines a vision test, ophthalmologist consultation, autorefraction, biometry, topography and surgical pre-assessment.

Southlands Hospital opened as a purpose-built Eye Care department in June 2017. Our unit is designed for easy access and all facilities are located at ground level. Our ‘One-Stop’ clinics in Cataract and Glaucoma reduce the number of appointments you are required to attend. 

Our outpatient department includes:

• A main waiting area for up to 85 people, including wheelchair users, providing an extra 20 seats compared to the old department at Worthing
• A dedicated waiting area for children, with baby changing facilities
• 16 multi-function consultation/examination rooms – four more than we had in Worthing
• Specialist imaging facilities
• A fluorescein angiography room
• A laser treatment room

At the Princess Royal hospital we offer the following special clinics:

• glaucoma clinics
• corneal clinics
• general ophthalmology clinics
• AMD injections (available soon in Hurstwood Park)

Children’s Ophthalmology

Our children’s eye service treats children with many different conditions that affect vision and the eyes. Please visit our children’s services for more information.

Referrals – professionals only

For GPs and optometrists referring patients for emergency or urgent appointments, please see our referrals pages for details.