Acquired Retinoschisis (Also known as degenerative or age-related retinoschisis)
Advice for parents of children wearing contact lenses
Age Related Macular degeneration (AMD)
Anti-VEGF Treatment (Intravitreal injection) (Large Print)
Anti-VEGF Treatment (Intravitreal injection) Explained
Anti-VEGF Treatment (Intravitreal Injection) Explained (Extra-large print)
Bandage contact lenses
Basal Cell Carcinoma (Eyelid)
BEOVU (Brolucizumab) Intravitreal Injection
Bleb Needling
Blepharitis
Botox for squints
Botulinum Toxin (Botox®) Treatment for Squint
Cataract Surgery
Cataract Surgery (large print)
Cataract Surgery (XL print)
Chalazion
Corneal cross linking (large print)
Corneal cross linking (x-large print)
Corneal cross linking
Corneal graft
Cyclodiode Laser Treatment
Descemets Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK)
Diabetic Maculopathy and Treatment Options for Patients
Diplopia (Double Vision)
Discharge advice following eye angiography
Discharge advice following Intravitreal Injection
Discharge advice following Intravitreal Injection (Large Print)
Discharge advice following Intravitreal Injection (Extra large print)
Discharge advice following Oculoplastic procedures
Discharge advice following your Jetrea Injection
Dry eyes
Ectropion
Electrolysis for ingrown eye lashes
Entropion
Eye Angiography
Eye Removal
Eye Surgery - Day Case - General Anaesthetic
Eye Surgery - Day Case - Local Anaesthetic / Sedation
Eye Surgery - Day Case - Local Anaesthetic
Eye Surgery - Overnight Stay - General Anaesthetic
Eye Surgery - Overnight Stay - Local Anaesthetic / Sedation
Eye Surgery - Overnight Stay - Local Anaesthetic
Eyelid biopsy
Facial nerve paralysis
Glasses Prescriptions
Glaucoma
Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation (Glaucoma Tube Surgery)
Going home after a Conjunctival Repair Procedure (after Glaucoma Surgery)
Going home after an injection of Ozurdex ( Dexamethasone Inravitreal Implant)
Going home after an injection of Triamcinolone Acetonide
Going home after cataract surgery
Going home after child squint surgery for children
Going home after combined cataract and trabeculectomy surgery
Going home after combined Retinal detachment repair amd Cataract surgery with Oil / Gas
Going home after combined retinal detachment repair and cataract surgery
Going home after combined Vitrectomy and cataract surgery
Going home after Conjunctival surgery
Going home after Corneal procedures
Going home after Cyclodiode laser treatment
Going Home after Electrolysis Treatment
Going home after first stage eyelid skin cancer surgery
Going home after Glaucoma Tube Implantation Surgery
Going home after indirect laser treatment
Going home after Macular Hole Surgery
Going home after needling of Bleb and an injection of Fluorouracil (5FU)
Going home after removal of explants
Going home after retinal detachment repair with oil / gas
Going home after retinal detachment repair without oil / gas
Going home after secondary lens implant
Going home after Squint Surgery for adults
Going home after syringing and probing of the eye(s)
Going home after temporal artery biopsy
Going home after the Removal of Silicone Oil
Going home after Trabeculectomy Surgery
Going home after Vitrectomy for diabetic vitreous haemorrhage
Going home after vitrectomy surgery
Going home after iStent Trabecular Bypass Stent Implant and Cataract Surgery
Having a Preserflo Microshunt to treat glaucoma of the eye
How to apply an ice pack following eye surgery
Information Leaflet for Soft Contact Lens Wearers
Instruction Leaflet for Parents Looking after Contact Lenses
Instruction Leaflet for Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) Contact Lens Wearers
Instruction Leaflet for Scleral Contact Lens Wearers
Intravitreal injection of Triamcinolone Acetonide
iStent
Keratoconus
Macular hole - surgery and aftercare
Ocular Lesions Requiring Referral to an Ocular Oncology Centre
Ocular motility - Daily ward attendance for patching
Ocular motility - Daily Ward attendance to obtain compliance for glasses wear
Ocular Motility - Patching - help and advice for parents and guardians
Optic Nerve Head Drusen
Othoptic follow up after Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Screening
Ozurdex - Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant
Pain after an eye injection
Posterior sub tenons injection
Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD)
Posturing following eye surgery - Alternate cheeks to pillows
Posturing following eye surgery - Left cheek to pillow
Posturing following eye surgery - Lying face down
Posturing following eye surgery - Lying face up
Posturing following eye surgery - Lying on the left side
Posturing following eye surgery - Lying on the right side
Posturing following eye surgery - Right cheek to the pillow
Posturing following eye surgery - Sitting upright
Prisms and their care
Probing Surgery
Pterygium and its management
Ptosis
Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome (RCES)
Removal of eyelid cysts or lesions
Retinal detachment: Treatment surgery and aftercare
Retinal vein occlusion
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT)
Silicone oil removal
Squint (Strabismus)
Squint Surgery adults
Squint Surgery for children: pre operative information
Staurenghi Eye Angiography
Subconjunctional haemorrhage
Temporal Artery Biopsy
The Watery Eye
Trabectome (Ab Interno Trabeculotomy) for Glaucoma
Trabeculectomy
Treatment of Wet-Age Related Macular Degeneration (Wet-AMD) Lucentis versus Avastin versus Eylea
Video Clinic
Visual field testing
Visually evoked potential (VEP) and electroretinogram (ERG)
Vitrectomy treatment surgery and aftercare
Welcome to the Eye Department (Clinic 9) at University Hospital
Welcome to the Eye Department at St Cross
YAG Laser Capsulotomy Patient Information
YAG Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (PI)
Botox for Squints
Brown's Syndrome
Convergence Insuffiency
Diplopia (Double vision)
Duane's Syndrome
Esotropia
Exotropia
Going home after child squint surgery
Going home after Squint Surgery
Lazy eye (Amblyopia)
Nystagmus
Squint surgery for Adults
Squint Surgery for Children: Pre operative information
Wearing an eye patch for school or nursery
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BLOOD TESTING DUE TO COVID-19
If you are experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19, e.g. fever, loss of taste or continuous new cough, please DO NOT attend for a blood test.
Click on the map for information about phlebotomy clinics in Coventry. You can book an appointment online at the locations in red.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Booking an appointment helps patients, their carers and family members to plan their hospital visit better, helping to reduce clinic waiting times and enabling patients to be seen much more quickly.
Location: Outpatients Department, on the ground floor. Opening hours: 8am-4.45pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Children under 16 years old will need to book online here.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test, click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Patients from Rugby and the surrounding areas are able to access the Friends Blood Taking Unit at the Hospital of St Cross.
Referrals for blood tests can be from GP's, practice nurses or from hospital consultants. Patients are also able to leave other samples, such as urine, which have been collected at home, at the hospital's Pathology Reception.
Location: Near Brookfield House, just off North Road - map here. Opening hours: The blood taking clinic sessions for adults and children are listed below:
Monday -Friday 7am-4:45pm Appointment only
Wednesday Evening 5pm-7pm Suspended due to COVID
Saturday Morning 7am-10pm Suspended due to COVID
April 2020 NEW - This Clinic is now by appointment. Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above.
Address: Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV1 4FS Location: Access is via the main doors, the Phlebotomy team are in Area A. Opening hours: Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). 8am–4.45pm
Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)
Specialist Tests - There are a small number of specialist tests where blood needs to be taken on a hospital site as the sample must be transferred to the laboratory rapidly for the test to be undertaken. Click here for a list of these specialist tests and to find out more.