Newmedica Eye Clinic - Newcastle

From the A1 Southbound

Exit A1 J79 (Gosforth Park) and take 1st exit on roundabout onto Rotary Way, at roundabout take 2nd exit onto the A1056. Follow A1056 for 1.5 miles, at roundabout take 4th exit onto A189 (South) for 0.5 miles at the roundabout take 2nd exit to stay on A189. At roundabout take 2nd exit onto Benton Lane for 0.4 miles. At roundabout take 3rd exit onto Balliol Business Park. At roundabout take 1st exit, Newmedica is located in the second building on the right.

From A1 Northbound

Exit A1 J79 (Gosforth Park) at traffic lights turn right onto Great Parkway, at roundabout take 2nd exit onto Rotary Way, at roundabout take 2nd exit onto theA1056. Follow A1056 for 1.5 miles, at roundabout take 4th exit onto A189 (South) for 0.5 miles at the roundabout take 2nd exit to stay on A189. At roundabout take 2nd exit onto Benton Lane for 0.4 miles. At roundabout take 3rd exit onto Balliol Business Park. At roundabout take 1st exit, Newmedica is located in the second building on the right.

From A19 Southbound

Exit A19 at West Allotment/Holystone Exit and take 3rd exit onto Holystone way A191, at roundabout take 2nd exit to stay on Holystone way A191 for 0.2 miles at roundabout take 2nd exit onto Great Lime Road B1505 for 1.6 miles at roundabout take 2nd exit to stay on Great Lime Road for 0.4 miles. At roundabout take 1st exit onto Benton Lane at roundabout take 3rd exit onto Balliol Business Park, At Roundabout take 1st Exit, Newmedica is located in 2nd building on the right.

From A19 Northbound

Exit A19 at West Allotment/Holystone Exit and take 1st exit onto Holystone Way A191, at roundabout take 2nd exit to stay on Holystone way A191 for 0.2 miles at roundabout take 2nd exit onto Great Lime Road B1505 for 1.6 miles at roundabout take 2nd exit to stay on Great Lime Road for 0.4 miles. At roundabout take 1st exit onto Benton Lane at roundabout take 3rd exit onto Balliol Business Park, At Roundabout take 1st Exit, Newmedica is located in 2nd building on the right.

If you're having trouble getting to your appointment or surgery, we can help. We offer free transport for NHS cataract patients who need it.

We'll send a private hire vehicle to collect you from your home - early enough to make sure you arrive on time - and then take you back after. It's free of charge to you and to the NHS.

The type of vehicle provided will depend on availability and your location. Depending on whether the vehicle will be a minibus collecting multiple patients, we may need your initial appointment to be held virtually. If this happens, then your virtual appointment will be on one day, with your in-person assessment and surgery taking place on an different day. We’ll confirm the transport service, and whether a virtual appointment is needed, when booking your appointment.

To book, you'll first need to check the eligibility criteria below, and then ask for the service when you book your appointment with us.

To be eligible for the free transport service you must:

1. Be attending Newmedica Newcastle for an appointment, or to receive treatment, for cataract surgery as an NHS patient

2. Have no alternative means of getting to your appointment or treatment, through family, friend, hospital transport, community transport or public transport

3. Live closer to Newmedica Newcastle than any other Newmedica clinic

4. Be able to get yourself to and from, and in and out, of the supplied vehicle without assistance, or you're able to provide a carer or family member on the day of the transfer to support you getting to and from, and in and out, of the supplied vehicle.

5. Be flexible where possible to allow your appointment or treatment to be on a different date and/or time to match the availability of the transport service.

We'll not be able to provide you with transport if any of the following apply:

1. You need to be transported to a location (including other hospitals) other than Newmedica Newcastle or your home

2. You require specialised equipment during the journey

3. You need to be closely monitored during the journey

4. You have a medical condition or have undergone major surgery (such as an organ transplant) where the potential side effects are likely to require assistance or monitoring during your journey

5. You have a medical condition or disability that could compromise your dignity or cause public concern in a private hire vehicle

6. You have a communicable disease with which travel on public transport or in a private hire vehicle is not advised

7. You have been clinically determined as at risk from using public transport due to being immunocompromised

8. You have cognitive/sensory impairment (such as dementia or some mental health illnesses)

9. You have significant motility/mobility impairment requiring specialised or adapted vehicles

10. You have safeguarding concerns in relation to travelling alone

11. You are unable to access existing free community transport options

12. The private hire company is unable to provide a vehicle due to a lack of available/suitable vehicles.