| Western Eye Hospital | |
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| 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 | |
| Founded | 1856 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Western Eye Hospital is anophthalmology hospital incentral London. It is managed by theImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
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 inMarylebone Road in 1860, and anout-patients department was opened by theMarquess of Ripon in 1904.[1] After the existing building 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 theNational Health Service in 1948 and was renamed the Western Eye Hospital in 1993.[1]
The formerSamaritan 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 dailyemergency department for ambulance and walk-in cases. It features a minorsurgical theatre, atriage system and three ophthalmic operating theatres. It treats a wide range of eye conditions fromglaucoma,cataract,retinal tears, to wet age-relatedmacular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of blindness.[3]
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