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Eye Hospitals in the UK

Postby Bob Mason » Mon 11 Apr 2011 2:42 pm

I have been trying to find all the eye hospitals in the UK and find out which of them have an A&E Unit.
I know there are a lot of hospitals (especially in ENGLAND) that have an eye clinic but not an eye A&U but I haven't attempted to list them yet.
All the following are NHS Units so you should be able to find emergency treatment or advice at any of them.

WALES

Wales doesn't have an eye hospital as such so I have listed all the eye clinics

Monmouthshire
Hospital Eye Department
Neville Hall Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 7EG
Telephone 01873 732732

Gwynedd
Hospital Eye Department
Ysbyty Gwynedd
Ophthalmology Clinic Penrhosgarnedd,
Bangor,
Gwynedd, LL57 2PW
Telephone 01248 384384

Ceredigion
Hospital Eye Department
North Road Eye Clinic
Ophthalmology Clinic Queen's Avenue,
Aberystwyth,
Ceredigion, SY23 2EG
Telephone 01970 636200

Neath Port Talbot
Hospital Eye Department
Neath Port Talbot Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic Baglan Way,
Port Talbot,
Neath Port Talbot, SA12 7BX
Telephone 01639 862000

Swansea
Hospital Eye Department
Singleton Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic Ophthalmology,
Sketty,
Swansea,
Swansea, SA2 8QA
Telephone 01792 205666

Cardiff
Hospital Eye Department
University of Wales Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic Heath Park,
Heath,
Cardiff,
Cardiff, CF14 4XW
Telephone 02920 747747

Rhondda Cynon Taf
Hospital Eye Department
Royal Glamorgan Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic Ynys Mardy,
Talbot Green,
Llantrisant,
Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72 8XR
Telephone 01443 443590

Anglesey
Hospital Eye Department
Ysbyty Gwynedd
Ophthalmology Clinic Penrhosgarnedd,
Bangor,
Anglesey, LL57 2PW
Telephone 01248 384384

Bridgend
Hospital Eye Department
Princess of Wales Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic
Coity rd,
Brigend,
Bridgend, CF31 1RQ
Telephone 01656 752752

Wrexham
Hospital Eye Department
Wrexham Maelor Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic
Croesnewydd Rd,
Wrexham,
Wrexham, LL13 7TD
Telephone 01978 291100

Carmarthenshire
Hospital Eye Department
Prince Phillip Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic Dafen,
Llanelli,
Llanelli,
Carmarthenshire, SA14 8QF
Telephone 01554 756567

West Wales General Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic
Glangwilli,
Carmarthen ,
Carmarthenshire, SA31 2AF
Telephone 01267 235151

Merthyr Tydfil
Hospital Eye Department
Prince Charles Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic
Gurnos,
Merthyr Tydfil,
Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9DT
Telephone 01685 721721

Newport
Hospital Eye Department
Royal Gwent Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic
Cardiff Road,
Newport ,
Newport, NP20 2UB
Telephone 01633 234234

Denbighshire
Hospital Eye Department
H.M. Stanley Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic
St Asaph,
Denbighshire, LL17 0RS
Telephone 01745 589610

Glan Clwydd Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic
Sarn Lane,
Rhyl,
Denbighshire, LL18 5UJ
Telephone 01745 583910

Blaenau Gwent
Hospital Eye Department
Royal Gwent Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic
Cardiff Road,
Newport ,
Blaenau Gwent, NP20 2UB
Telephone 01633 234234

Torfaen
Hospital Eye Department
Royal Gwent Hospital
Ophthalmology Clinic
Cardiff Road,
Newport ,
Torfaen, NP20 2UB
Telephone 01633 234234


ENGLAND

I have only listed the Eye Hospitals for England as there are rather a lot of eye clinics

Eye Hospitals

Sussex Eye Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton BN2 5BF
+44 (0)1273 606126
A&E

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
162 City Road
London
EC1V 2PD
A&E

West of England Eye Unit
Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
Barrack Road
Exeter
EX2 5DW
01392 411611
A&E

The Oxford Eye Hospital
Headley Way
Headington
Oxford OX3 9DU
01865 741166

Western Eye Hospital
171 Marylebone Road
London NW1 5QH
A&E department, ground floor
Tel: 020 3312 3241

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Central Manchester
North West England M13 9WH –
Tel: 0161 276 5526

Bristol Eye Hospital
Lower Maudlin Street
Bristol BS1 2LX
A&E (0117) 342 4613

Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital
Dudley Road
Birmingham
West Midlands
B18 7QH
Tel: 0121 554 3801

SCOTLAND

EYE HOSPITALS

Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion
Chalmers Street,
Edinburgh EH3 9HA
0131 536 3753

Hay Lodge Hospital
Neidpath Road,
Peebles EH45 8JG
01721 722080

EYE CLINICS
Gartnavel General Hospital
1053 Great Western Road,
Glasgow G12 0YN
0141 211 3000

Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Beardmore Street,
Clydebank,
Glasgow G81 4HX
0141 951 5000

Glasgow Royal Infirmary
84 Castle Street,
Glasgow G4 0SF
0141 211 4000

Hairmyres Hospital
Eaglesham Road,
East Kilbride G75 8RG
01355 585000

Jubilee Hospital
Bleachfield Street,
Huntly AB54 8EX
01466 792114

Montrose Royal Infirmary
Montrose DD10 8AJ
01674 830361

Monklands Hospital
Monkscourt Avenue,
Airdrie ML6 0JS
01236 748748

Perth Royal Infirmary[/]
Perth PH1 1NX
01738 623311

[b]Queen Margaret Hospital

Whitefield Road,
Dunfermline KY12 0SU
01383 623623

Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
Westburn Road,
Foresterhill,
Aberdeen AB25 2ZG
0845 456 6000


Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Yorkhill
Glasgow G3 8SJ
0141 201 0000

Royal Alexandra Hospital
Corsebar Road,
Paisley PA2 9PN
0141 887 9111

Royal Hospital for Sick Children
9 Sciennes Road,
Edinburgh EH9 1LF
0131 536 0000

Stobhill ACH Hospital
133 Balornock Road,
Glasgow G21 3UW
0141 201 3000

Southern General Hospital
Glasgow G51 4TF
0141 201 1100

Stirling Royal Infirmary
Livilands,
Stirling FK8 2AU
01786 434000

Turner Memorial Hospital
Turner Street,
Keith AB55 5DJ
01542 881004

Uist and Barra Hospital
Balivanich,
Benbecula HS7 5LA
01870 603600

Victoria Hospital
Langside Road,
Glasgow G42 9TY
0141 201 6000

I am researching the Northern Ireland eye clinics/hospitals at the moment but information on the web is sparse to say the least so if any of you out there know of an eye clinic or eye hospital in Northern Ireland please send me the information. All I need is the hospital name, its full postal address including post code so folks with sat navs can find it and most of all the hospital phone number.
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Re: Eye Hospitals in the UK

Postby Andrew MacLean » Mon 11 Apr 2011 7:30 pm

This already looks like a very impressive bit of work. I wonder whether you would consider making a distinction between hospitals that have eye clinics and those that have full ophthalmology departments? The distinction may be between hospitals that offer a full service, clinics, wards, surgery as well as optometry and contact lens clinics, and those that have visiting ophthalmologists on a sessional basis, who would take patients to another hospital for treatment.

It is maybe a bit misleading to say that Gartnavel has an eye clinic when it is the home to the Tenant Institute of Ophthalmology; the gold standard ophthalmology department in Scotland.

Every good wish with your project.

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Re: Eye Hospitals in the UK

Postby Bob Mason » Tue 12 Apr 2011 5:58 am

Hi Andrew

This is the very early stages of what is looking like being a fairly massive project. I decided to post the initial results to get precisely the sort of comment/information that you give in your post. The information I need is out there but is buried in the convoluted tangle so beloved by civil servants i.e. to get the postal address of one of the west of England eye clinics I had to visit 14 pages of their site to find it. You would think that something as important as that would be one the home page or at worst one click away.

What I am hoping will happen is that members will look for their own clinic and then tell me I haven’t got all the information and in that way the database will grow to the point where it can be published for everyone to read.

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Re: Eye Hospitals in the UK

Postby space_cadet » Tue 12 Apr 2011 8:25 pm

fantastic and well researched :)

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Re: Eye Hospitals in the UK

Postby mikkey3023 » Sat 16 Apr 2011 11:48 am

The Royal free hospital in hampstead has a clinic , so does St Thomas , both in london Bob .

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Re: Eye Hospitals in the UK

Postby Bob Mason » Mon 18 Apr 2011 8:12 am

Hi Folks

Thank you all for your information, it will be added to the site in the appropriate place.

Andrew - the present project is solely for emergency eye treatment. Judging by the levels of information I have gathered about the Scottish Boards, to list all the hospitals having eye clinics and wards for eye surgery would triple the size of the project and I feel that at this stage it is big enough as it is. However it is a thought for future projects if this one is well received.

To help develop this project and to make it easy to link to the KC site if the trustees approve, I have bought the domain emergencyeyetreatment.org.uk. I have moved all the files to the new site and you can watch the project grow at http://www.emergencyeyetreatment.org.uk. As always your input is very welcome indeed as you will have information that isn't available on the web. However the place for critical comments about individual eye clinics is in the appropriate post on the forum, this post isn't about the quality of treatment offered by individual units just about their existence and how to get to them.

This weekend I have concentrated on Scotland and I have finished about half of the pages. I hope to complete the rest of Scotland before my wife has her replacement corneal graft on the 28th April.

Rgds

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Re: Eye Hospitals in the UK

Postby Bob Mason » Mon 18 Apr 2011 4:54 pm

Sorry folks I posted the wrong URL this morning it should be http://emergencyeyetreatment.org.uk/index.html :oops:
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Re: Eye Hospitals in the UK

Postby rosemary johnson » Thu 21 Apr 2011 2:07 am

Whipps Cross hosital now has its own eye department (in a special uilding) with consultnat(s) on the staff, and also a specialist eye A&E (at other end of the eye building).
Eye A&E is open longer hours than the main clinics; in the early hours of the morning (!) you go to main A&E and they will call the eye speialist on call.
WX is north east London, E11 (Leytonstone) and I think postal address is Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone.
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Re: Eye Hospitals in the UK

Postby Bob Mason » Thu 21 Apr 2011 7:06 am

Thanks Rosemary, your info has been noted and will be added to the data I already have

Many thanks

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Re: Eye Hospitals in the UK

Postby Michelle Oates » Thu 21 Apr 2011 6:05 pm

hi

Hull has a eye hospital now.

St James, Leeds has a eye casualtty dept in eye dept

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