Western Eye Hospital is an ophthalmology hospital in west London. It is managed by the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Western Eye Hospital | |
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | |
Location within Westminster | |
Geography | |
Location | Marylebone Road, London, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°31′15″N 0°09′49″W / 51.5208°N 0.1635°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | National Health Service |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
Speciality | Ophthalmology |
History | |
Opened | 1856 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
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]
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]