Westmead Hospital Eye Clinic / Ophthalmology service

Health professional information

The Department of Ophthalmology at Westmead Hospital is a RANZCO accredited eye care facility that provides clinical, surgical, research and education services.

On this page

• Service overview
• Who we see
• Exclusion criteria
• Referral guidelines
• Refer your patient
• Outpatient eye clinics

Service overview

We provide specialist expertise for a wide range of acute eye conditions including (but not limited to):

• cataracts
• corneal disease
• eye trauma and emergencies
• general ophthalmological conditions
• glaucoma
• medical retina (macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusions, inherited disease)
• minor operations
• neuro-ophthalmology
• oculoplastics (eyelid disorders, watery eye, orbital disease)
• strabismus
• uveitis /inflammatory eye conditions
• vitreoretinal surgery (retinal detachment, macular holes, epiretinal membranes)

Who we see

Adults aged 16 years and over.

Exclusion criteria

• children and young adults under 16 years of age
• for a list of conditions that are not routinely seen at Westmead Eye Clinic, refer to page 2 of the Ophthalmology Referral Guidelines. These conditions may be appropriately managed by a local ophthalmologist, GP or optometrist until they reach the clinical thresholds identified in the Referral Guidelines.

Referral guidelines

To ensure your referral is appropriate and that you provide all necessary information, please refer to the Statewide Referral Criteria for Opthalmology. This will assist our staff to accurately triage your referral and provide your patient with timely access to our services.

Once the necessary referral information has been collated, please refer your patient via the relevant pathway below.

Refer your patient

We accept GP and specialist referrals.

Outpatient eye clinics

Clinic timeframe categories

For an indication of the timeframe in which patients of different acuity are expected to be seen, please refer to the Statewide Referral Criteria for Ophthalmology.

Clinic schedule