For GPs and optometrists

Referring a patient

Private referrals for cataract, medical retina and general ophthalmology across Greater Manchester and Cheshire. Urgent retinal cases are seen the same week and you receive a letter after every visit.

How to refer

Three steps, and you are kept informed at each one.

Send the referral

Email the referral form or a letter to appointments@abhagupta.co.uk, or call Jamila on 07563 238 173 for urgent cases.

We book directly with the patient

Usually within one to two weeks; urgent retinal referrals within the week.

You receive a letter

After every visit, including scan results and the agreed plan, copied to the patient.

Please refer for

Visually significant cataract, including complex cases

Suspected wet AMD, diabetic maculopathy or retinal vein occlusion (urgent)

Hydroxychloroquine baseline and annual screening

Posterior capsule opacification for YAG laser

Persistent dry eye, blepharitis or eyelid lesions

Second opinions

Referral details

Acknowledged within one working day.

Insured and self-pay patients are both welcome.

Routine appointment

1 to 2 weeks

Urgent retina

Same week

Letters

After every visit

Referral email

appointments@abhagupta.co.uk

Same-day advice

Optometrists are welcome to call for advice on an unusual finding before referring. If it needs to be seen today, we will say so and direct the patient to Manchester Royal Eye Hospital Emergency Department.

Co-management

Where a patient prefers to be reviewed locally after surgery, I am happy to share care with their community optometrist under a written plan.

Prefer to talk it through first?

Jamila will put you through, or take a message for a call back the same day.