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Referrals, explained for patients

How referrals work, why you do not strictly need one, and why bringing one still helps.

You can book directly

No referral is required to see us privately. You can ring and book.

Why bring one anyway

A referral carries your optometrist's measurements and observations over time. It can save repeating tests and occasionally changes the urgency we assign.

A referral is not a gate. It is a head start.

Dr Sofia Marchetti, Paediatric Ophthalmologist

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