Free · Today · Cheadle, Stockport, Bramhall, Wilmslow
Urgent eye care in Cheadle: same day, free, and the right specialist if you need one
Do not sit in Stepping Hill for a sore eye. Ring Wilmslow Road, come in today, and let an optometrist look at it properly under the microscope. It costs nothing with a local GP, you do not need to have been here before, and if it is one for the eye hospital we arrange that while you are in the chair.
Come here first
Sore eye? Come to Abra & Co Cheadle today, for free.
Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Bramhall, Stockport, Wilmslow, Handforth, Didsbury: wherever you are, come here first. We look at the eye properly today, and if it needs a specialist, we refer you on and fast-track it ourselves.
Rung the GP?
Come here instead. We have the eye microscope, the pressure check and the retinal scanner the surgery doesn’t, and we see you today, not next week. We’ll write to your GP afterwards.
Thinking about A&E?
Come here first. Twenty minutes with an optometrist on Wilmslow Road beats hours at Stepping Hill, and we have the equipment to find what’s wrong. If it needs the eye hospital, we ring Manchester Royal Eye Hospital while you’re in the chair, send your scans ahead, and you go in fast-tracked, not to the back of the queue.
Never been to Abra & Co?
Doesn’t matter. Anyone nearby with an urgent eye problem is seen today, free with a local GP. No referral, no forms, no charge. Ring, and you’re booked in.
The reasons people in Cheadle ring us today
All of them are seen the same day.
“My eye has gone red and sticky.” Conjunctivitis, most often, or an inflamed lid, or dry eye that has flared. Seen today and usually sorted with a prescription or a plan in the chair.
“I have a scratched eye, or grit in it.” Do not rub. Rinse with clean water and ring. A drop of dye under the microscope shows a scratch the naked eye cannot see, and a foreign body can be lifted out.
“Flashes and a shower of floaters.” Ring today, even if it seems to have passed. Usually harmless, sometimes a retinal tear that needs the eye hospital fast. We photograph and scan the back of the eye and tell you which.
“A patch of my vision is missing.” Ring now. Sudden change in one eye is seen the same day. A curtain dropping across the vision is A&E, not us.
“A hot, swollen lump on my eyelid.” A stye or a blocked gland: treated here. Hot, spreading and with a temperature: seen today.
“My contact lens eye is sore.” Lens out now, keep the lens, and ring. Lens wearers are seen the same day because an infection under a lens can damage the surface quickly.
Free. Same-day appointments at Abra & Co, 19 Wilmslow Road.
The exceptions
Go straight to A&E, without ringing us, if
A blow or a cut
A blow to the eye and you cannot see properly, or a cut to the eye itself.
Chemicals
Chemical in the eye: rinse with water for fifteen minutes first, then go.
A curtain
Sudden loss of vision in one eye, like a curtain coming down.
Severe pain with nausea
A very painful eye with nausea or a headache, especially with haloes around lights.
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital on Oxford Road has a dedicated eye casualty; Stepping Hill and Wythenshawe have A&E. Everything else: ring Wilmslow Road, today.
Getting here
19 Wilmslow Road, Cheadle
From Cheadle Hulme, Gatley and Heald Green
Five minutes. Free parking on Wilmslow Road and behind the practice.
From Bramhall, Wilmslow and Handforth
Ten to fifteen minutes up the A34, off at Cheadle village.
From Stockport and Didsbury
Ten minutes. Buses along Wilmslow Road stop outside; Cheadle Hulme and Gatley stations are a short taxi ride.
Five practices, one family
An independent family practice in Cheadle, not a chain
Abra & Co in Cheadle is run the way we would want our own family looked after: unhurried, honest, and by people who know your name. It is one of five independent practices across Greater Manchester, Cheshire and West Yorkshire, with the same training and the same rule for urgent eyes: today, and free.
- IndependentFamily owned since 2017. No head office, no targets on the desk.
- LocalRooted in each town, with the same faces every visit.
- World-classHospital-grade imaging, and optometrists trained beyond the standard test.
- PersonalForty-five minutes, explained plainly, and time to talk.
Today
Call Abra & Co, Cheadle
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19 Wilmslow Road, Cheadle SK8 1DW · Free parking on Wilmslow Road and behind the practice · Monday to Friday 9:00am – 5:30pm · Saturday 9:00am – 3:00pm · Sunday closed
Frequently asked questions
Is it free in Cheadle?
Yes, for anyone registered with a GP in the area, through the NHS urgent eye care scheme. Not registered locally? Tell us and we still see you today, for £60.
Should I go to Stepping Hill instead?
Only for an injury, chemicals or sudden loss of sight. For a red, sore, gritty or blurry eye, an optometrist with a microscope will diagnose it in twenty minutes, and if it turns out to need the hospital we ring Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and send them the scans.
I am in Bramhall or Wilmslow. Is Cheadle the nearest?
Usually, yes: ten to fifteen minutes up the A34 with parking at the door. Our Heald Green practice on Finney Lane is the alternative for Gatley and Wythenshawe.
Can I walk in?
You can, and we will do our best. A phone call first means the slot is held and the optometrist is expecting you.