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Public consultation on proposed move of Moorfields Eye Hospital’s (City Road) Services has now closed
The public consultation into the proposal to move Moorfields Eye Hospital’s services to a new centre bringing together excellent eye care, ground-breaking research and world-leading education in ophthalmology, is now closed. The consultation ran between Friday 24 May and Monday 16 September – with thousands -
Consultation update – less than a week to go until consultation close!
Proposed move of Moorfields Eye Hospital’s City Road services Consultation closing date – 16 September 2019 Moorfields and its partners, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity, are proposing to build a new centre bringing together excellent eye care, with ground-breaking research and -
Public consultation August update
Moorfields and its partners, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity, are proposing to build a new centre bringing together excellent eye care, with ground-breaking research and education. The preferred location is a site that has become available at St Pancras Hospital, just
Public consultation on proposed move of Moorfields Eye Hospital’s (City Road) Services has now closed
The public consultation into the proposal to move Moorfields Eye Hospital’s services to a new centre bringing together excellent eye care, ground-breaking research and world-leading education in ophthalmology, is now closed. The consultation ran between Friday 24 May and Monday 16 September – with thousands of people getting involved to have their say on the […]
Consultation update – less than a week to go until consultation close!
Proposed move of Moorfields Eye Hospital’s City Road services Consultation closing date – 16 September 2019 Moorfields and its partners, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity, are proposing to build a new centre bringing together excellent eye care, with ground-breaking research and education. The preferred location is a site that has become […]
Public consultation August update
Moorfields and its partners, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity, are proposing to build a new centre bringing together excellent eye care, with ground-breaking research and education. The preferred location is a site that has become available at St Pancras Hospital, just north of King’s Cross and St Pancras stations in central […]
Government pledges £30m for proposed new Moorfields eye health centre
The joint venture between Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and Moorfields Eye Charity proposes to develop a transformative, purpose-built centre for advanced eye health to deliver world-leading eye care for patients, the best education for students, and research for the benefit of the whole population. The government funding comes from […]
Moorfields Eye Hospital launches first virtual assistant to connect with patients
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Moorfields) has launched a new virtual assistant specially designed to engage with patients and the public by providing round the clock answers and information on “Oriel” – a £344m proposal to build a new facility which brings together excellent eye care, ground-breaking research and world-leading education in ophthalmology on […]
Consultation launched on proposal to move Moorfields Eye Hospital to King’s Cross
A consultation to build an innovative eye care and research centre in central London was launched today (Friday 24 May) to ensure that patients and the public have their say on exciting proposals to move Moorfields Eye Hospital. The consultation, led by NHS Camden Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) on behalf of all CCGs together with […]
UCL receives £12.6m to create a new generation of AI leaders
21 February 2019 UCL has been awarded £12.6m to enable a new generation of PhD students to create new artificial intelligence (AI) technology, transforming healthcare and creating new commercial opportunities. The funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will be used to establish two new Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) at UCL. One CDT specialising […]
New method to improve diagnostics and treatment for corneal dystrophy
12 February 2019 New research led by Dr Alice Davidson (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) paves the way for early diagnosis of a corneal eye condition, as well as aiding the development of new targeted treatments. The Fight for Sight funded study published in Genetics in Medicine used an innovative method to sequence the gene mutation responsible […]
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology is officially the best place in the world to study Ophthalmology
19 May 2017 According to the 2017 Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) rankings by subject, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology is the best place in the world to study ophthalmology. Ophthalmology subject rankings: World rank Institution Score 1 University College London 100.00 2 Harvard University 96.91 3 Johns Hopkins University 96.26 4 University of Melbourne […]
