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Plans revealed for new London eye hospital

Moorfields Eye Hospital is proposing to relocate from its current site on City Road to a new purpose-built facility in King’s Cross.

Known as project Oriel, the plans are for a world-leading, innovative eye care and ground-breaking research and education facility specialising in ophthalmology.

The proposal is a partnership between Moorfields Eye Hospital, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity.

David Probert, Chief Executive of Moorfields, said: “We know that our clinicians provide modern, efficient and effective treatment despite the limitations of our century-old City Road site but this new centre will allow us to work much more closely with research colleagues to develop further treatments for our patients.”

Professor Andrew Dick, Director of the Institute of Ophthalmology, said: “By bringing together UCL’s powerful research base with the world-class healthcare delivery of Moorfields we will be able to better develop new treatments, and improve both patient outcomes and the staff and student experience.”

Robert Dufton, Chief Executive, Moorfields Eye Charity, added: “We’re delighted that Oriel is progressing to the next stage of the planning process. The proposed new integrated centre for advancing eye care globally will benefit from the charity’s support of research, education and patient care. The role of philanthropy is also essential to making this a reality. In partnership with UCL, we’re committed to raising £100M to support Oriel.”

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