| Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
|---|---|
| Type | NHS foundation trust |
| Established | 21 March 1994[1] |
| Headquarters | 162 City Road London EC1V 2PD[2] |
| Hospitals | Moorfields Eye Hospital |
| Staff | 2,475 (2019)[3] |
| Website | www |
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust which runs Moorfields Eye Hospital.
The Trust employs over 1,700 people. Over 24,000 ophthalmic operations are carried out and over 300,000 patients are seen by the hospital each year.
The trust delivers its services from its main site on City Road and through its distributed network of over 25 other 'satellite' clinics located in other parts of London and the South East including Ealing, Teddington, Tooting, Croydon, Harrow, Tottenham, Hoxton, Barking, Stratford and a diagnostic hub in Brent Cross Shopping Centre.
Moorfields has a specialised ophthalmic A&E department at City Road open 24 hours a day 365 a year and telephone advice line, Moorfields Direct.
Moorfields was one of the first NHS foundation trusts, and is a founder member of the UCLPartners, an academic health science centre.
It plans to move its main hospital from the current City Road site to St Pancras Hospital in Camden. This will cost £352 million and it is planned to be operational in 2027 .[4]
- ^ "The Moorfields Eye Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Contact details - Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Annual Report and Accounts 2018/19" (PDF). Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Commissioners approve new specialist hospital". Health Service Journal. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.