Western Eye Hospital

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Western Eye Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
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Location within Westminster
Geography
Location Marylebone Road, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°31′15″N0°09′49″W / 51.5208°N 0.1635°W / 51.5208; -0.1635
Organisation
Care system National Health Service
Type Specialist
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Speciality Ophthalmology
History
Opened1856
Links
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Lists Hospitals in England

Western Eye Hospital is an ophthalmology hospital in west London. It is managed by the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

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History

The hospital was founded by Henry Obre and John Woolcott, both surgeons at St John's Place in Lisson Grove as the St Marylebone Eye and Ear Institution in 1856. [1] It moved to a larger facilities in Marylebone Road in 1860, and an out-patients department was opened by the Marquess of Ripon in 1904. [1] After the existing facility at Marylebone Road became very dilapidated, a new purpose-built facility was built on the same site and opened in March 1930. [1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and was renamed the Western Eye Hospital in 1993. [1]

The former Samaritan Hospital for Women is located next door, and though largely disused is utilised to provide estates and facilities support for the adjoining Western Eye Hospital. [2]

Facilities

The hospital operates a daily emergency department for ambulance and walk-in cases. It features a minor surgical theatre, a triage system and two ophthalmic operating theatres. It treats a wide range of eye conditions from glaucoma, cataract, retinal tears, to wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of blindness. [3]

Alumni and staff

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References

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  2. ↑ Peracha, Qasim (30 November 2022). "Spooky remains of former London hospital abandoned for 25 years". My London.
  3. ↑ "Our service". Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Leverett 2005, p. 60.
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