This section contains information on referral to the Great Western Hospital, Swindon.

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OPHTHALMOLOGY EYE CASUALTY SERVICE.

The ophthalmology department at the Great Western Hospital has a telephone advice and casualty booking line available to GPs and Optometrists that have a patient with an eye problem that they are unsure about.

The line is staffed with experienced nurses with access to the On Call Doctor, who can give advice and will triage patients that need to be seen urgently in the department.

  The number is:

  01793 604868

And is manned from:  

Monday to Friday                     08:30 to 21:00

Saturday and Sunday              09:00 to 13:00

Please note:

Bank Holidays                         09:00 to 13:00    

(Please ring 604020 and ask for the   On Call Eye Doctor).