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Contact: Box 41, Tel: 01223 216 401 (general enquiries)
The Eye Department at Addenbrooke’s is staffed by:
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nine consultants, one of whom is a medical ophthalmologist
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five specialist registrars
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five senior house officers
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four clinical assistants.
'The reception area in our new Eye Unit'
Geography
The Department provides a general ophthalmology service for
a catchment population of 480 000, including the City of Cambridge
and a large area surrounding it. It also runs consultant-led outreach
clinics in both Ely and Saffron Walden.
Specialised treatment
Patients needing specialised treatment come from a very much
wider area, and all the sub-specialities of ophthalmology are
covered, including:
'The new Cataract Clinic'
Facilities at Addenbrooke's
The recent facilities in the Eye Department, which have been
designed around the needs of visually impaired patients, have
helped us modernise our eye services, streamline and shorten the
patient's journey through the department, and cut waiting times:
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The Eye Unit
The Eye Unit is on Level 2 on the Outpatient corridor between
Outpatients and the main reception. It has its own reception
area, operating theatre and a 10-bedded ward. Having a dedicated
operating theatre for ophthalmic surgery has allowed us to carry
out far more operations than was previously possible.
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The Cataract Clinic
The Cataract Clinic is part of the national plan to modernise
hospital cataract services across the country and reduce lengthy
waiting times. More than 1,500 patients a year have cataract
surgery at Addenbrooke's: as a result, 90 per cent of these
people report a dramatic improvement to their quality of life.
With the new facilities, patients can expect faster, more convenient
care, in a clinic specifically designed for people with visual
impairment.
'The inpatient area in our new Eye Unit'
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