Outback Eye Service
How we can help you
Our specialist team provide care for adults and children living in rural areas who have eye problems. We provide assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment, including surgery.
We visit five rural locations: Bourke Hospital, Brewarrina Hospital, Cobar Hospital, Lightning Ridge Hospital, Walgett Hospital.
Manager
Dr Michael Hennessy
Office opening hours
Monday - Friday 8.00am - 4.30pm
Our office is located
Department of Ophthalmology, Level 2, South Wing, Edmund Blacket Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW
Our services are provided in these locations
Bourke Hospital, Brewarrina Hospital, Cobar Hospital, Lightning Ridge Hospital, Walgett Hospital.
Our services include:
- Specialist doctor (Ophthalmologist) clinic appointments for adults and children
- Cataract surgery - A cataract causes your vision to become cloudy. Cataract surgery removes the lens of your eye and, in most cases, replace it with an artificial lens so your vision is clear.
- Oculoplastics surgery - Surgical procedures around the eye socket, eyelid, tear ducts and your face. It includes reconstruction of the eye and surrounding structures, and is used to treat a range of problems, including droopy eyelids, tumours (e.g. melanomas), and blocked tear ducts.
- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and retinal diagnostic testing - We use diagnostic equipment to take scans of your eye. This helps us examine the health of your eye.
- Visual Field Assessments - Measures how far your eye sees in any direction without moving and how sensitive your vision is in different parts of your eye.
You will need a completed referral form from your local general practitioner (GP) or your specialist to use our services. If you need to make an appointment, please ask your doctor to email or fax us your referral form with any blood and imaging results. Please fax referrals to: 02 9382 2690 or email: WNSWLHD-OESReferrals@health.nsw.gov.au
We will review your referral and send you a letter in the mail with your appointment details.
Usual wait times may vary. An urgent referral will be seen within 4 weeks. A non-urgent referral may be seen in up to 12 months.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, telephone 0418 322 705 or 0419 111 687.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
Outback Eye Service
How we can help you
Our specialist team provide care for adults and children living in rural areas who have eye problems. We provide assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment, including surgery.
We visit five rural locations: Bourke Hospital, Brewarrina Hospital, Cobar Hospital, Lightning Ridge Hospital, Walgett Hospital.
Manager
Dr Michael Hennessy
Office opening hours
Monday - Friday 8.00am - 4.30pm
Our office is located
Department of Ophthalmology, Level 2, South Wing, Edmund Blacket Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW
Our services are provided in these locations
Bourke Hospital, Brewarrina Hospital, Cobar Hospital, Lightning Ridge Hospital, Walgett Hospital.
Our services include:
- Specialist doctor (Ophthalmologist) clinic appointments for adults and children
- Cataract surgery - A cataract causes your vision to become cloudy. Cataract surgery removes the lens of your eye and, in most cases, replace it with an artificial lens so your vision is clear.
- Oculoplastics surgery - Surgical procedures around the eye socket, eyelid, tear ducts and your face. It includes reconstruction of the eye and surrounding structures, and is used to treat a range of problems, including droopy eyelids, tumours (e.g. melanomas), and blocked tear ducts.
- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and retinal diagnostic testing - We use diagnostic equipment to take scans of your eye. This helps us examine the health of your eye.
- Visual Field Assessments - Measures how far your eye sees in any direction without moving and how sensitive your vision is in different parts of your eye.
You will need a completed referral form from your local general practitioner (GP) or your specialist to use our services. If you need to make an appointment, please ask your doctor to email or fax us your referral form with any blood and imaging results. Please fax referrals to: 02 9382 2690 or email: WNSWLHD-OESReferrals@health.nsw.gov.au
We will review your referral and send you a letter in the mail with your appointment details.
Usual wait times may vary. An urgent referral will be seen within 4 weeks. A non-urgent referral may be seen in up to 12 months.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, telephone 0418 322 705 or 0419 111 687.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
Headache Clinic
How we can help you
We aim to help you if you are experiencing headaches. A headache involves pain in the head, face or neck. There are many different types of headaches. Headaches can be a common condition. Occasionally they can be a symptom of a serious medical condition. It is important with all types of headaches to get a proper diagnosis. Our specialised Doctors aim to diagnose, manage and treat your headaches.
Whilst located in the Prince of Wales Hospital this is a private service and not part of public outpatients. All new and follow up appointments will incur the scheduled fee.
If you experience sudden onset of a severe headache, visit your nearest Emergency Department or call an Ambulance on 000.
Medical Manager
A/Prof Alessandro Zagami
Clinic Opening Hours
Friday 9.30 am - 1.30 pm
To refer your patient
Visit Information for Health Professionals
How to find us
Institute of Neurological Sciences, Level 2, High Street Building, Prince of Wales Hospital (building 2 on our campus map).
![Image of entrance to Neurological Sciences Department](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Institute%20Hallway%20Pic.jpg)
We help to diagnose your headaches. We provide management and treatments if you are experiencing:
- Tension headaches
- Migraines
- Cluster headaches
- Other headaches.
Our neurology medical specialist is Associate Professor Alessandro Zagami. Professor Zagami will assess, treat and help you manage your headaches.
Our Registered Nurse will provide you education if you need injectable medication. They also coordinate clinical trials with new treatments and research into headache.
We work with your local GP, other specialists, the Headache Foundation and researchers.
You will need a referral letter from your local doctor (GP) or specialist addressed to:
A/Prof. A. Zagami
Private Headache Clinic
Prince of Wales Hospital
Level 2 High Street
RANDWICK NSW 2031
Email or fax this referral to us, along with a list of your current medications and any investigations such as MRI, CT scans etc.
Once we have reviewed your referral, we will send you a letter by post with your appointment details. If your referral is triaged as urgent, a member of our administrative team will contact you by phone.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please phone the clinic on (02) 9382 2422.
Our service is a private clinic so all appointments will incur a scheduled fee.
On the day of your first appointment please bring:
- Headache diary (if you use one)
- CT Brain and/or MRI Brain Scans
- Recent blood test results
- Your referral letter from your GP
- Your Medicare Card
- A list of your medicines or bring all your medicines in a bag, including any herbal or over the counter medicines
- You are welcome to bring a support person (a relative, friend or carer) with you.
If you need help with your condition, start by making an appointment with your local GP to discuss your health. If your GP needs some advice, they can telephone our specialist doctor at the clinic.
If you need a prescription, please ask your GP.
Your GP is your primary health care provider and it is important that you continue to visit them. Our specialist doctor will send a letter to your GP after every clinic appointment.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us by telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
We are teaching hospital and you may be asked to be involved in research. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will not impact in any way on the services we will provide.
Migraine and Headache Australia Migraine & Headache Australia
Migraine Australia https://www.migraine.org.au
Headache Clinic
How we can help you
We aim to help you if you are experiencing headaches. A headache involves pain in the head, face or neck. There are many different types of headaches. Headaches can be a common condition. Occasionally they can be a symptom of a serious medical condition. It is important with all types of headaches to get a proper diagnosis. Our specialised Doctors aim to diagnose, manage and treat your headaches.
Whilst located in the Prince of Wales Hospital this is a private service and not part of public outpatients. All new and follow up appointments will incur the scheduled fee.
If you experience sudden onset of a severe headache, visit your nearest Emergency Department or call an Ambulance on 000.
Medical Manager
A/Prof Alessandro Zagami
Clinic Opening Hours
Friday 9.30 am - 1.30 pm
To refer your patient
Visit Information for Health Professionals
How to find us
Institute of Neurological Sciences, Level 2, High Street Building, Prince of Wales Hospital (building 2 on our campus map).
![Image of entrance to Neurological Sciences Department](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Institute%20Hallway%20Pic.jpg)
We help to diagnose your headaches. We provide management and treatments if you are experiencing:
- Tension headaches
- Migraines
- Cluster headaches
- Other headaches.
Our neurology medical specialist is Associate Professor Alessandro Zagami. Professor Zagami will assess, treat and help you manage your headaches.
Our Registered Nurse will provide you education if you need injectable medication. They also coordinate clinical trials with new treatments and research into headache.
We work with your local GP, other specialists, the Headache Foundation and researchers.
You will need a referral letter from your local doctor (GP) or specialist addressed to:
A/Prof. A. Zagami
Private Headache Clinic
Prince of Wales Hospital
Level 2 High Street
RANDWICK NSW 2031
Email or fax this referral to us, along with a list of your current medications and any investigations such as MRI, CT scans etc.
Once we have reviewed your referral, we will send you a letter by post with your appointment details. If your referral is triaged as urgent, a member of our administrative team will contact you by phone.
If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please phone the clinic on (02) 9382 2422.
Our service is a private clinic so all appointments will incur a scheduled fee.
On the day of your first appointment please bring:
- Headache diary (if you use one)
- CT Brain and/or MRI Brain Scans
- Recent blood test results
- Your referral letter from your GP
- Your Medicare Card
- A list of your medicines or bring all your medicines in a bag, including any herbal or over the counter medicines
- You are welcome to bring a support person (a relative, friend or carer) with you.
If you need help with your condition, start by making an appointment with your local GP to discuss your health. If your GP needs some advice, they can telephone our specialist doctor at the clinic.
If you need a prescription, please ask your GP.
Your GP is your primary health care provider and it is important that you continue to visit them. Our specialist doctor will send a letter to your GP after every clinic appointment.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us by telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
We are teaching hospital and you may be asked to be involved in research. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will not impact in any way on the services we will provide.
Migraine and Headache Australia Migraine & Headache Australia
Migraine Australia https://www.migraine.org.au