Red Eye Assessment

All our professional Optometric services are provided by John Davidson, & Sarah Townsend- fully qualified, and registered UK Optometrists.

Please use the "Staff" section of the site to view CVs of our professional staff.

Red eye assessment

We regularly encounter patients in practice who present with ocular hyperaemia (red eye), discomfort, and discharge. Most are managed with remedial eyelid hygiene, ocular lubricants, and over the counter remedies. We also prescribe eyedrops & ointments regularly via signed orders for patients who are not entitled to exemption from NHS medication charges.

The majority of red eye problems we see are not infections, but allergic / seasonal conjunctivitis, and do not benefit from anti-biotic medication.

We endeavour to see red eye investigation patients within an hour of arrival at the practice, in case the condition needs urgent intervention. A short private 10 to 20 minute appointment is usually sufficient for these patients. The examination is purely of the external eye, and does not include a full eye examination, or refraction.

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Eye Tests

Newcastle Opticians

Is your current eyecare provider giving you the service that you expect? ...or is he or she just too rushed or disinterested? Then move on & join us at Querido & Davidson.

We are a national award winning eyecare practice (established in 1956) with a long heritage of providing exemplary service and exceptional products.

Eye Tests & Examinations

Our Optometrists carry out a huge array of checks during to your eye examination. These can include testing your eye pressure (to detect glaucoma - which, if undetected, could lead to blindness), checking sideways field of vision and the health of the back of your eye.

All these checks are quick and painless, and will provide us with important information that will help monitor any slight changes over time.

Contact Lenses

We fit a huge variety of contact lenses types to patients across the whole of the UK. We supply lenses to people of all ages, & all prescription types. Using corneal topography and slit lamp image capture we provide the highest standard of care to all our contact lenses wearing patients.

We specialise in iGo OVC, Ortho-K and Paragon CRT Orthokeratology work for all ages from 6 upwards. We are an accredited Chromagen contact lens practice. We supply varifocal contact lenses and contact lenses to correct astigmatism. We can also supply theatrical contact lenses for television productions.

In 2006 we were awarded the title of Contact lens practice of the year at the UK Optician awards.

Keratoconus Eye Care

We are a keratoconus friendly practice, and are experienced in the following keratoconus management methods:

Spectacles
Soft contact lenses, including Ultravision Kerasoft and Acuity Soft K
Gas permeable contact lenses, including Rose K, So2Clear and Lensdynamics Dyna Z intralimbal
Scleral contact lenses, including Innovative Sclerals

Finding Querido & Davidison:

We are located at:
196 Chillingham Road
Heaton
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE6 5LN
0191 265 9898