Proposed move of Moorfields Eye Hospital

News - 6 April 2020

Plans are in place to move Moorfields Eye Hospital to a new location and design a new patient friendly centre.

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About the plans for Moorfields Eye Hospital

Last autumn, NHS England Specialised Commissioning and Camden Clinical Commissioning Group ran a public consultation on the proposal to move services at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (IoO) from its current site in City Road, Islington to the St Pancras Hospital site in Camden, near Kings Cross.

Around 3,500 people took part in the consultation and shared their views on the proposal including Healthwatch Hertfordshire. The decision to move has now been given the go ahead for the next stage of planning.

The decision means that plans for the project called ‘Oriel’ (a proposal to bring together excellent eye care, ground-breaking research and world-leading education in ophthalmology on one site) can now move forward to focus on designing what the new centre could look like and how it works for patients and staff.

Feedback from the consultation will help inform the formal design phase of the project. 

If you would like more information or would like to provide your views please visit the Oriel website to find out more.

Final approval on the plans will be subject to approval of the full business case which is expected to be put forward for review and approval in 2021/22.

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