The VRE clinic at Moorfields Eye Hospital in City Road is open from 8.30am to 1pm Monday to Friday and from 7.30-11am at weekends.
Outside of these hours, patients cannot be seen but may be discussed with the on call VR doctor until 5pm. To contact a VR doctor regarding patient referrals please call our main switchboard on 020 7253 3411 and ask for the VR doctor on call.
All cases must be discussed with the VR service upon referral and must not be sent to the clinic without doing so. Please ensure that the name of the doctor who accepted the referral is written on the letter.
In order for patients' expectations to be managed appropriately, it is important that the referring clinician does not give a guaranteed date of surgery.
Upon arrival, patients will be triaged in the VRE clinic and managed according to clinical priority.
Following assessment, certain patients will be advised to return home and await further contact from the department with a view to date of surgery.
As the unit is equipped for day cases only, patients with significant systemic comorbidities may be deemed unsuitable for emergency surgery at Moorfields.
It is therefore imperative to discuss such cases upon referral.
The VRE clinic is based City Road and is open:
Outside of these hours call our main switchboard on 020 7253 3411 and ask for the VR doctor on call.