Professional care · a considered pathway
For Referring
Professionals
Focused optometric and contact-lens assessment for selected referred cases.
If you are an optometrist, ophthalmologist, hospital clinician or other healthcare professional and would like to ask whether a patient is suitable for assessment at Eksteen Optometrists, this page explains the referral route.
For professional enquiries. Every case is considered individually; acceptance is not automatic.
Professional referrals
We welcome enquiries from optometrists, ophthalmologists, hospitals, clinics and other appropriate healthcare professionals.
Optometrists
Ophthalmologists
Hospitals / clinics
Other appropriate healthcare professionals
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Potential referral areas
A focused professional discussion.
Potential areas for professional discussion may include:
Scleral or rigid gas-permeable lens assessment
Complex contact-lens fitting
Post-surgical or altered corneal shape
Paediatric contact-lens assessment
Progressing myopia / myopia-management discussion
Complex prescription or unstable visual correction
Standard spectacle/contact-lens correction is not providing satisfactory function
Contact the practice to confirm whether a referral is appropriate. Acceptance is considered case by case.
When a referral discussion may be useful
Start with the question
you need answered.
Chris’s role is optical/optometric where appropriate. Medical diagnosis and treatment remain separate where required; optical assessment does not replace ophthalmological management.
- 01When standard correction is not providing stable or satisfactory vision
- 02Where irregular corneal shape complicates optical correction
- 03When specialist contact-lens assessment may be appropriate
- 04Where additional optometric assessment may complement existing medical care
- 05When a clinician would like to discuss whether Chris’s service is appropriate
The referral conversation
From a question to a considered next step.
Discuss the case with the practice and agree the next step before sharing patient information.
- 01
Send / discuss referral
Professional provides basic referral information through a route agreed with the practice.
- 02
Practice reviews
Reception/Chris confirms whether the case appears appropriate. Acceptance is not automatic.
- 03
Patient assessment
If accepted, appropriate optometric/contact-lens assessment takes place.
- 04
Feedback / follow-up
Where agreed and appropriate, findings can be communicated back to the referrer.
Suitability is reviewed case by case. No acceptance or turnaround time is promised.
What information may help?
Useful context.
An agreed transfer route.
Confirm what is needed and how to share it with the practice before providing clinical records.
Do not send patient records through this website. Contact the practice to agree a secure transfer method.
- Referring practitioner’s details
- Patient’s name/contact details
- Reason for referral
- Established diagnosis, if known
- Current spectacle/contact-lens correction
- Relevant previous reports
- Relevant imaging/test results where appropriate
- Urgency/context
- Specific question the referrer would like addressed
Ready to make an enquiry?
Use the referral form to contact reception about a non-urgent referral.
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