At Family Eye Centre we aim to improve access to excellent eye care for our community and for families. Our ophthalmologist, Dr Antony Bedggood, has over 20 years of experience as a specialist and surgeon and is passionate about making sure anyone can access excellent care.
Services provided include:
What is Ophthalmology?
Services provided include:
- Cataract surgery (adults and children)
- Strabismus (squint) correction
- Paediatric Eye Surgery
- Neurological vision problems
- Glaucoma care (medical, laser, surgery and MIGS)
- Retinal disease (intravitreal injection, laser)
- Comprehensive eye care (all common eye issues)
- Strabismus surgery (Squint repair)
- Vision correction (glasses, lazy eye, amblyopia)
- School vision issues
- Tracking difficulties
- Progressive myopia
- Contact lenses
- Cataract and glaucoma diagnosis, treatment and surgery
- Nasolacrimal duct obstruction (watering & discharge)
- Headache, papilledema, cerebral visual impairment (CVI)
- Autism spectrum and developmental delay (eye examination)
- Retinal problems in children and teenagers
- Familial (inherited) eye problems
- Inflammatory eye problems
- Retinal disease
What is Ophthalmology?
Ophthalmology is the branch of specialist medicine that is focused on the health of eyes and their surrounding tissues, including muscles, bones, eyelids, and tear production/drainage systems. Your eye is the organ of vision and consists of the cornea (the outer clear layer), the sclera (the white of the eye), the iris (the coloured part), the lens (lies behind the iris) and the retina (the light-sensitive lining at the back of the eye). Your eyes ‘see’ by focusing light that enters the eye onto the retina which sends the image to the brain by the optic nerve.
Ophthalmologists are doctors who are trained in the study of eyes. Most will be trained in eye surgery, and may have particular areas of interest or expertise.
Optometrists are not doctors but are trained in testing your vision to assess your need for glasses or contact lenses. Some also test for glaucoma.
