Moorfields Eye Hospital

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Moorfields Eye Hospital

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The main hospital building

 Shown in Islington

Geography

Location City Road, London, England

51°31′38″N 0°5′24″WCoordinates: 51°31′38″N 0°5′24″W
Coordinates

Organisation

Care system National Health Service

Type Specialist

Affiliated University College London

university Barts and The London School of Medicine and

Dentistry
City, University of London

Services

Emergency Yes

department

Speciality Ophthalmology

History
 Opened 1805

Links

Website www.moorfields.nhs.uk

Lists Hospitals in England

Moorfields Eye Hospital is a specialist NHS eye hospital in Finsbury in the London

Borough of Islington in London, England run by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust. Together with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, which is adjacent
to the hospital, it is the oldest and largest centre for ophthalmic treatment, teaching and
research in Europe.[1][2]

Contents

 1History
 2Teaching and research
 3Fundraising and associated charities
 4Notable people who worked or studied at Moorfields
 5See also
 6Notes
 7External links

History[edit]
Moorfields Eye Hospital was founded at Charterhouse Square in 1805 as the London
Dispensary for curing diseases of the Eye and Ear, by John Cunningham Saunders,
assisted by John Richard Farre.[3] It moved to a site on the former Moorfields in 1822,
[4]
 before moving to its present site in 1899, and became part of the National Health
Service in 1948. These anniversaries gave it the unique ability to celebrate
a centenary in 1999 and a bicentenary in 2005.[5]
In February 2007, the new Richard Desmond Children's Eye Centre (RDCEC), was
opened by the Queen. Its location is adjacent to the hospital's main City Road building.[6]
In December 2021, it was announced that the hospital will relocate to a new facility
near King's Cross railway station and the Moorfields building had been sold to private
developers.[7][8]

Teaching and research[edit]

Moorfields Eye Hospital is a major centre for postgraduate training
of ophthalmologists, orthoptists, optometrists, and nurses. It has also played a pivotal
role in ophthalmic research. Sir Stewart Duke-Elder founded the Institute of
Ophthalmology (now an integral part of University College London), and Sir Harold
Ridley, Charles Schepens, and Norman Ashton have carried out research at Moorfields
and the Institute.[9]
Fundraising and associated charities[edit]
Founded in 1963, The Friends of Moorfields Charity is an independent registered
charity, raising funds for the benefit of the patients of Moorfields Eye Hospital. The
primary aim of this charity is to provide supplementary services and equipment for the
comfort and well-being of Moorfields' patients and their visitors. It contributes towards
buying much needed technical items for professional use in the hospital's clinics,
satellite centres, operating theatres and research laboratories. The charity also
promotes and manages a wide range of volunteers, supporting the work and service of
the hospital.[10]
Moorfields Eye Charity is an independent registered charity for Moorfields Eye
Hospital. Moorfields Eye Charity raises funds, above and beyond those normally
provided by the NHS, to support and promote the work and research of Moorfields Eye
Hospital, for the benefit of patients and staff, by raising extra funds to enhance services,
research, equipment and facilities including a major joint – Moorfields and Institute of
Ophthalmology, UCL – new building project. [11]
The Special Trustees of Moorfields Eye Hospital (charity number 228064) is a grant-
giving body, which primarily supports research carried out at the hospital and research
partners at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, alongside a range of other projects. [12]

Notable people who worked or studied at Moorfields[edit]

 Selig Percy Amoils (1933), South African ophthalmologist and biomedical
engineering inventor
 Eric Arnott (1929–2011), British ophthalmologist and surgeon
 Vivian Balakrishnan (1961), Singapore Minister of Foreign Affairs
 Alan C. Bird (1938), English ophthalmologist
 Geoffrey Bridgeman, British soldier and ophthalmologist
 John Dalrymple (1803–1852), English ophthalmologist
 James Hamilton Doggart (1900–1989), leading British ophthalmologist
 Frank Flynn (1906–2000), Northern Territory-based Australian doctor
(ophthalmologist), author and missionary priest
 Frederick T. Fraunfelder (1934), American ophthalmologist
 Norman Gregg (1892–1966), Australian ophthalmologist
 Robert Marcus Gunn (1850–1909), Scottish ophthalmologist
 Michael B. Gorin, American ophthalmologist
 William Hancock (1873–1910), English ophthalmologist
 Henry Bendelack Hewetson (1850–1899), ophthalmic and Aural surgeon
 Fred Hollows (1929–1993), New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist
 Keith Martin, British ophthalmologist
 Gordon Morgan Holmes (1876–1965), British neurologist
 Ulrich Meyer-Bothling, English ophthalmic surgeon
 Edward Nettleship (1845–1913), English ophthalmologist
 Charles Conor O'Malley (1889–1982), Irish eye surgeon
 James Hogarth Pringle (1863–1941), Scottish surgeon
 Dan Reinstein (1962), ophthalmologist
 Harold Ridley (1906–2001), English ophthalmologist
 Geoffrey Rose (1955), English ophthalmologist
 Charles Schepens (1912–2006), Belgian (later American) ophthalmologist
 Ċensu Tabone (1913–2012), fourth President of Malta
 James Taylor (1u59-1946), British neurologist
 William Taylor (1912–1989), Scottish ophthalmologist
 Edward Treacher Collins (1862–1932), English surgeon and ophthalmologist
 Clive Warren, radio presenter
 Claud Worth, ophthalmologist; known for "Worth's squint"