Southampton City CCG

Practices & Primary Care Networks

Practices
Primary Care Networks

Practices

Practice Name	Town	Community Eye Services	Phone No
Boots Opticians	Southampton	MECS	02380 223441
Boots Opticians	Southampton	MECS	02380 331897
Boots Opticians	Southampton	MECS	02380 772915
Boots Opticians	Southampton	MECS	02380 448443
Costco Wholesale UK Ltd	Southampton		02380 764825
Leightons Opticians	Southampton	MECS	02380 223185
Ralph Neale Opticians	Southampton		02380 221749
Scrivens Opticians	Southampton		02380 770804
Scrivens Opticians	Southampton		02380 420513
Specsavers Opticians	Southampton	MECS	02380 636105
Specsavers Opticians	Bitterne	MECS	02380 425150
Specsavers Opticians	Shirley	MECS	02380 778818
Specsavers Opticians	Southampton	MECS	02380 425150
Vision Express	Southampton		02380 635436
Woolston Eyecare	Southampton		02380 448591

Primary Care Networks

Integrated Care Partnerships (ICPs) and Primary Care Networks (PCNs)

ICP Name	CCG Name	PCN Name	Practice Names
Southampton and South West Hampshire	NHS Southampton City CCG	West	LORDSHILL HEALTH CENTRE
			VICTOR STREET SURGERY
			SHIRLEY AVENUE AND CHEVIOT ROAD PRACTICE
			THE GROVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
			ALDERMOOR SURGERY
			ATHERLEY HOUSE SURGERY
			DR S ROBINSON AND PARTNERS
			HILL LANE SURGERY
			BROOK HOUSE SURGERY

Southampton and South West Hampshire	NHS Southampton City CCG	Central	ST MARY’S SURGERY – SOUTHAMPTON
			DR ORD-HUME AND PARTNERS
			MULBERRY SURGERY
			WALNUT TREE SURGERY
			HOMELESS HEALTHCARE TEAM
			SOLENT GP SURGERY

Southampton and South West Hampshire	NHS Southampton City CCG	North	BURGESS ROAD SURGERY
			UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICE SOUTHAMPTON
			STONEHAM LANE SURGERY
			HIGHFIELD HEALTH

Southampton and South West Hampshire	NHS Southampton City CCG	Bitterne	BITTERNE SURGERY
			CHESSEL PRACTICE
			BATH LODGE PRACTICE

Southampton and South West Hampshire	NHS Southampton City CCG	Woolston and Townhill	WOOLSTON LODGE SURGERY
			THE OLD FIRE STATION SURGERY
			TOWNHILL SURGERY
			ST PETERS SURGERY

Southampton and South West Hampshire	NHS Southampton City CCG	Living Well PCN	Living Well Partnership

Community Eye Services

Minor Eye Condition Service

MECS Criteria – Southampton

MECS Pathway Protocol West Hampshire & Southampton v3

MECS Triage Form Nov 19 – West Hampshire & Southampton

Guidance on conditions for which over the counter items should not routinely be prescribed in primary care

NHS England carried out a public consultation on reducing prescribing of over-the-counter medicines for minor, short-term health concerns from December 2017 to March 2018 resulting in guidance for healthcare professionals being published. Likewise, guidance regarding treatments eligible for NHS prescriptions continues to be updated and can be found on NHS England’s webpage.

NHS England request GPs not to give NHS prescriptions (even to those eligible for ‘free’ prescriptions) for many conditions in the following categories:

Conditions which are considered to be self-limitingand so does not need treatment as it will heal of its own accord;
Conditions which lends itself to self-care, i.e. that the person suffering does not normally need to seek medical care but may decide to seek help with symptom relief from a local pharmacy and use an over the counter medicine.
Vitamins/minerals and probiotics

Conditions (and treatments) affecting patients seen by optometrists include:

Conjunctivitis

Dry Eyes / sore tired eyes

Mild to moderate hayfever

Lutein and Antioxidants

Omega-3 Fatty Acid Compounds

Please familiarize yourself with the following resources in order for you to advise your patients appropriately regarding self-care rather than routinely directing them back to their GP for an NHS prescription.

Anthea Reid
LOC Clinical Lead
January 2020