Patient requirements
It’s easy to refer a patient to Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology. In order to be referred to us for treatment, the patient must:
- be over 18 years of age
- not require a general anaesthetic.
How to refer a patient
You can refer via NHS email on the following address: CUK.communitydiagnostics-generalenquiry@nhs.net
- Via the NHS e-Referral Service our preferred method)
- Via fax: 01706 650533
- Via post:
Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology
Croft Shifa Health Centre
Belfield Rd
Rochdale
OL16 2UP
If you are posting or faxing a referral, please detail the patient’s medical history and any other relevant information you feel it would be beneficial for our consultant to know.
Referring a patient to our AMD service
To refer a patient to us, you can use several different options:
Yorkshire
Via ERS: We now receive referrals via a RAS (Referral Assessment Service) on ERS, which allows ophthalmologists and GPs to refer in to us without booking an appointment. As a result of the above, searching on ERS the AMD service will be shown as a ‘Triage Request’ service, rather than an ‘Appointment Request’ service. The RAS is published on the secondary care menu on ERS, so it is open to anybody at all to make a referral into the service.
The RAS names are in the following format:
- OPHTHALMOLOGY – MACULAR RAS – YORK – PRACTICE PLUS GROUP OPHTHALMOLOGY – T2B8E
- OPHTHALMOLOGY – MACULAR RAS – WAKEFIELD – PRACTICE PLUS GROUP OPHTHALMOLOGY – D0K5I
- OPHTHALMOLOGY – MACULAR RAS – DONCASTER – PRACTICE PLUS GROUP OPHTHALMOLOGY – U0L6W
- OPHTHALMOLOGY – MACULAR RAS – BRADFORD – PRACTICE PLUS GROUP OPHTHALMOLOGY – M9O2F
- OPHTHALMOLOGY – MACULAR RAS – HULL – PRACTICE PLUS GROUP OPHTHALMOLOGY – H0T2S
Via fax: 0330 094 6635
Via email: practiceplusgrp.macular@nhs.net
Via your local optometrist referral network e.g. Opera, Evolutio.
North West
Via ERS: RAS name: Macular RAS – Practice Plus Group Ophthalmology, North West – NTPAE
Via email: practiceplusgrp.northwestmacular@nhs.net
Via fax: 01706 638 594
Via your local optometrist referral network e.g. Opera, Evolutio.
We pride ourselves on our fast and effective referral systems. We offer 100% of our patients an appointment within 72 hours of receiving their first referral.
