Refer a Patient

From the 1st May 2025, CFEH will not be accepting new referrals and will discharge all existing patients over the next 6-12 months.

To support optometrists in the community, CFEH currently offers a free telehealth service and this will be available until June 2026. This free service supports our referrers who are managing ocular disease within their practice by offering personal advice and guidance from a senior CFEH optometrist.

Any patients referred to CFEH prior 1st May must still meet the Centre’s eligibility criteria as outlined below.

What is the eligibility criteria and why does this criteria exist?

All CFEH clinical services are provided with no out of pocket expense to our patients.  To ensure these resources are reaching those who need them most, we have introduced some eligibility criteria.

Patients are eligible for CFEH services if they meet any one of the following criteria:

• They are more than 60 years of age
• They hold a concession card
• They have no private health insurance

Patients who do not meet the referral criteria can be referred for specific imaging tests to OPSM (George St, Penrith, Liverpool and Warringah mall stores only).  The out of pocket expense to the patient is $95 for both widefield imaging and OCT, $75 for OCT only, $65 for Widefield imaging only and $50 for corneal topography (the latter available only at George St and Warringah Mall).  Test results are returned to the referring practitioner who retains primary care of their patient.  For more information about this option, click here.