Your care navigator recommends: MECS (Minor Eye Conditions Service)

Who is the service for: MECS is available to any patient registered with a Wakefield GP.

You can access this local expert service rather than waiting for a GP appointment or referral to a specialist clinic.

Details: MECS stands for Minor Eye Conditions Service. You can self-refer if you have started to experience any of the following symptoms:

• Small eye injuries / foreign bodies

• Flashing lights and new floaters

• Red eyes

• Distorted vision

• Recent onset blurred vision

• Eyelid cysts and styes

• Recent onset double vision

• Gritty and itchy eyes

• Therapists

• Recent onset drooping eyelid

MECS is a way for people who are experiencing acute eye problems (problems that have begun very recently) to get the help they need quickly and easily. In the past, people experiencing acute eye problems would usually have to go to their GP. The GP would then refer them to a specialist eye clinic. This could be a slow process – frustrating for the patient and wasteful for the health service because often the problem would turn out to be simple to resolve.

Now, with MECS, any patient can arrange to come directly to a specialist optician who is involved in the scheme.

This is called ‘self-referral’ and is as simple as ringing to make an appointment. Remember – this service is only available for people who are registered with a GP in the Wakefield area.

What happens at your appointment? At your MECS appointment we will carry out a full clinical examination. Most conditions can be treated easily there and then.

Other acute eye problems may require the help of an ophthalmologist. If this is the case, we can help make the referral for you, making it easier to get you the treatment you need as quickly as possible.

Contact: Simply select a participating opticians from below and call for a MECS appointment.

Post Practice Address Tel No Code

WF1 Central

1 Northgate, WF1 01924 Boots Opticians Wakefield 1HE 387411 Bayfields Opticians Wakefield Ltd T/A 72 Northgate, WF1 01924 Pattersons Wakefield 3BX 374282 24 - 25 The Springs, WF1 01924 JR Morton (Wakefield) Ltd Wakefield 1QA 373117 21 Cross Square, WF1 01924 Pollards Optical Clinic Wakefield 1PQ 373697 Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd T/A 30-32 Little WF1 01924 Wakefield Specsavers Ltd Westgate, Wakefield 1JY 383500

WF1 Wakefield Periphery

545 Road, WF1 01924 Valli Opticians (Wakefield) Ltd Outwood, Wakefield 2PN 822102 WF4 & WF5 , , Middlestown & Netherton

9 High Street, WF4 01924 Auckland (Opticians) Ltd Horbury, Wakefield 5AB 272522 Bayfields Opticians Ltd (formerly Date 5 Wesley Street, WF5 01924 Opticians) Ossett, Wakefield 8ER 260490 Aucklands Opticians (Ossett) (formerly UH Ltd 27 Towngate, Ossett, WF5 01924 T/A A C Smith Opticians) Wakefield 9BL 263313

WF6 Normanton 32 High Street, WF6 01924 Moorhouse Opticians Ltd Normanton, 2AB 893202 Wakefield

WF7 Ackworth &

19/21 Station Lane, WF7 01977 Moorhouse Opticians Ltd Featherstone, 5BE 791714 Wakefield

WF8 32 Ropergate, WF8 01977 Bayfields Opticians Pontefract 1LY 702565 0345 15 Woolmarket, WF8 Boots Opticians 125 Pontefract 1AZ 3758 Northgate Medical WF8 0113 Living Care Centre, Northgate, 1NF 2494655 Pontefract 4 Market Place, WF8 01977 Smartspec T/A Brosgill Opticians Pontefract 1AX 780974 51 Ropergate, WF8 01977 Moorhouse Opticians Ltd Pontefract 1JY 703307 Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd T/A 14 Woolmarket, WF8 01977 Pontefract Specsavers Ltd Pontefract 1AZ 602600

WF 9 , South Elmsall, Havercroft & Upton 55 Barnsley Road, WF9 01977 D Bank Eyecare South Elmsall 2QW 642244 Pontefract 73/75 Kirkby Road, WF9 01977 McCormack Opticians Ltd Hemsworth 4AS 613310 Rycroft Primary Care WF4 01226 McCormack Opticians Ltd Centre, Madeley 2QG 725555 Road, Havercroft 4 Highfield Road, WF9 01977 Moorhouse Opticians Ltd Hemsworth, 4DP 611744 Pontefract Church View Medical WF9 01977 South Kirkby Eyecare Ltd Centre, Langthwaite 3AP 648844 Road, South Kirkby Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd T/A 10 Barnsley Road, WF9 01977 South Elmsall Specsavers Ltd South Elmsall, 2SE 7648182

WF10 Unit 36 Carlton Lanes Shopping WF10 01977 Premier Optical Centre, Castleford 1AD 550222 Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd T/A 54E Carlton Street, WF10 01977 Castleford Specsavers Ltd Castleford 1AH 603300 103 Carlton Street, WF10 01977 Moorhouse Opticians Castleford 1DX 552312 19 Sagar Street, WF10 01977 VisionCare Optometry Castleford 1AG 552361 Vision Value Opticians Ltd T/A iVision 73 Carlton Street, WF10 01977 Opticians Castleford 1DE 552776

We hope this information is useful and helps to solve your query. If it doesn’t, please get back in touch with us at the practice so we can help you further.