Visual Electrophysiology Service

The Visual Electrophysiology Service are a small team of staff from the Medical Physics Department provide the Visual Electrophysiology Service (formerly Electrodiagnostic service) for the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL).  This includes clinical scientists, a vision specialist practitioner, a staff nurse, an advanced optometrist and a clinic coordinator. 

What do we do? 

The service offers a comprehensive and wide range of tests in the areas of diagnostic ophthalmology.  We provide vision-related electrophysiology tests for patients from Ophthalmology and Eye Casualty. The Visual Electrophysiology Service also supports clinical research in the areas of visual function.  We have a close working relationship with the university ophthalmology group, specialising in eye movement disorders.

Where are we?

The Visual Electrophysiology Service is located on level 1 of the Sandringham Building at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Parking at the multi-storey car park accessed on Havelock Street is very close by, giving easy access to the department.

Referral form

Referrals for our vision tests can only be made by Ophthalmologists using the following form:

Vision referral form (145kB pdf)

General guidance for requesting electrodiagnostic tests (90kB pdf)

Only paper referrals are currently accepted and must be the original form signed in ink. Please post the completed form to:

Visual Electrophysiology Service
Department of Medical Physics
Sandringham Building
Leicester Royal Infirmary 

Visual Electrophysiology Testing video 

The University of Bradford produced this fun interactive animation aimed at children. It gives a good explanation of what to expect from some of our tests.