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{{Infobox hospital
| Name       = Moorfields Eye Hospital
| Org/Group  = [[Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust]]
| Image      = Finsbury_moorfields_eye_hospital_1.jpg
| Caption    = The main hospital building
| Logo       = Moorfields-Hosp-Logo.png
| Location   = [[City Road]]
| Region     = London
| State      = 
| Country    = England
| Coordinates= {{coord|51|31|38|N|0|5|24|W|region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| HealthCare = [[National Health Service (England)|National Health Service]]
| Type       = Specialist
| Speciality = [[Ophthalmology]]
| Emergency  = Yes
| Affiliation= {{plainlist|
* [[University College London]]
* [[Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry]]
* [[City, University of London]]
}}
| Beds       = 
| Founded    = 1805
| Closed     = <!-- optional -->
| Website    = {{URL|https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/}}
| Wiki-Links = <!-- optional -->
| map_type    = United Kingdom London Islington
| map_caption = Shown in Islington
|}}
 
'''Moorfields Eye Hospital''' is a specialist [[National Health Service]] (NHS) [[Human eye|eye]] [[hospital]] in [[Finsbury]] in the [[London Borough of Islington]] in London, England run by [[Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust]]. Together with the [[UCL Institute of Ophthalmology]], which is adjacent to the hospital, it is the oldest and largest centre for ophthalmic treatment, teaching and research in [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/Aboutus/Mediaoffice/Mediareleases/S8fI|title=Europe's largest academic health science partnership created in London|access-date=14 July 2014|publisher=Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720084856/http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/Aboutus/Mediaoffice/Mediareleases/S8fI|archive-date=20 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/britains-best-hospitals-a-patients-guide-798352.html|title=Britain's best hospitals: A patients' guide|access-date=14 July 2014|work=The Independent| date=20 March 2008}}</ref>

==History==
Moorfields Eye Hospital was founded at [[Charterhouse Square]] in 1805 as the '''London Dispensary for curing diseases of the Eye and Ear''', by [[John Cunningham Saunders]], assisted by [[John Richard Farre]].<ref name="farre">{{cite journal|pmid=16562232 |pmc=1034675|title=John Farre (1775–1862) and other 19th century physician at Moorfields|journal=Medical History|volume=6|issue=1|pages=73–6|year=1962|last1=Behrman|first1=S|doi=10.1017/s0025727300026879}}</ref> It moved to a site on the former [[Moorfields]] in 1822,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Moorfields Hospital |title=History |url=https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/content/our-history|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref> before moving to its present site in 1899, and became part of the [[National Health Service]] in 1948. These anniversaries gave it the unique ability to celebrate a [[centenary]] in 1999 and a [[Anniversary|bicentenary]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Moorfields Hospital changed our world |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44471097 |website=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2018 |date=20 June 2018}}</ref>

The new '''Richard Desmond Children's Eye Centre''' (RDCEC), was endowed by the publisher, [[Richard Desmond]], and was opened by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in February 2007. Its location is adjacent to the hospital's main [[City Road]] building.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.moorfieldseyecharity.org.uk/richard-desmond-childrens-eye-centre |title=Richard Desmond Children's Eye Centre|publisher=Moorfields Eye Charity|access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref>

In December 2021, it was announced that the Moorfields building on City Road and adjacent building "Kemp House" had been sold to private developers, and that the hospital would relocate to a new facility near [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross railway station]] at the St Pancras Hospital site in Camden <ref name="Standard">{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/london-property-developer-buy-moorfields-eye-hospital-site-b971934.html| title=London property developer to buy large Moorfields Eye Hospital site | date=14 December 2021 |publisher=Evening Standard |access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/site-of-moorfields-eye-hospital-sold-to-developer-derwent-london-3h0gm36zt | title=Site of Moorfields Eye Hospital sold to developer Derwent London |work=[[The Times]] |access-date=15 December 2021| last1=Howard | first1=Tom }}{{subscription required|s}}</ref>

==Teaching and research==
Moorfields Eye Hospital is a major centre for postgraduate training of [[ophthalmologist]]s, [[orthoptists]], [[optometrist]]s, and [[nurse]]s.  It has also played a pivotal role in ophthalmic research.  [[Sir Stewart Duke-Elder]] founded the Institute of Ophthalmology, formerly the [[Central London Ophthalmic Hospital]] in [[Gray's Inn Road]] and (now an integral part of University College London), and [[Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist)|Sir Harold Ridley]], [[Charles Schepens]], and [[Norman Ashton]] have carried out research at Moorfields and the Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jan/14/guardianobituaries|title=Norman Ashton|work=The Guardian|date=14 January 2000|access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref>

==Fundraising and associated charities==
Founded in 1963, '''The Friends of Moorfields Charity''' is an independent registered charity, raising funds for the benefit of the patients of Moorfields Eye Hospital. The primary aim of this charity is to provide supplementary services and equipment for the comfort and well-being of Moorfields' patients and their visitors. It contributes towards buying much needed technical items for professional use in the hospital's clinics, satellite centres, operating theatres and research laboratories. The charity also promotes and manages a wide range of volunteers, supporting the work and service of the hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsofmoorfields.org.uk/about-us2/|title=About us|publisher=Friends of Moorfields|access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref>
 
'''Moorfields Eye Charity''' is an independent registered charity for Moorfields Eye Hospital. Moorfields Eye Charity raises funds, above and beyond those normally provided by the NHS, to support and promote the work and research of Moorfields Eye Hospital, for the benefit of patients and staff, by raising extra funds to enhance services, research, equipment and facilities including a major joint  – Moorfields and Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL  – new building project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moorfieldseyecharity.org.uk/moorfields-eye-charity|title=About us|publisher=Moorfields Eye Charity|access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref>
 
'''The Special Trustees of Moorfields Eye Hospital''' (charity number 228064) is a grant-giving body, which primarily supports research carried out at the hospital and research partners at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, alongside a range of other projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://opencharities.org/charities/228064|title=The Special Trustees of Moorfields Eye Hospital|publisher=Open Charities|access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref>

== Notable people who worked or studied at Moorfields ==
* [[Selig Percy Amoils]] (1933), [[South African people|South African]] [[ophthalmologist]] and biomedical engineering inventor
* [[Eric Arnott]] (1929–2011), British ophthalmologist and [[surgeon]]
* [[Vivian Balakrishnan]] (1961), [[Singapore]] [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
* [[Alan C. Bird]] (1938), English ophthalmologist
* [[Geoffrey Bridgeman]], British soldier and ophthalmologist
* [[Wajid Ali Khan Burki]] (1900–89), [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] [[ophthalmologist]], expert in the field of eye care, doctor, and [[Pakistan Army Medical Corps]] [[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|general]] 
* [[John Dalrymple (physician)|John Dalrymple]] (1803–1852), English ophthalmologist
* [[James Hamilton Doggart]] (1900–1989), leading British ophthalmologist
* [[Frank Flynn]] (1906–2000), [[Northern Territory]]-based Australian doctor ([[ophthalmologist]]), author and missionary priest
* [[Frederick T. Fraunfelder]] (1934), American ophthalmologist
* [[Michael B. Gorin]], American ophthalmologist
* [[Norman Gregg]] (1892–1966), Australian ophthalmologist
* [[Robert Marcus Gunn]] (1850–1909), Scottish ophthalmologist
* [[William Hancock (ophthalmologist)|William Hancock]] (1873–1910), English ophthalmologist
* [[Henry Bendelack Hewetson]] (1850–1899), [[Ophthalmology|ophthalmic]] and [[Aural surgeon]]
* [[Fred Hollows]] (1929–1993), [[New Zealanders|New Zealand]]-Australian ophthalmologist
* [[Keith Martin (ophthalmologist)|Keith Martin]], British ophthalmologist
* [[Ulrich Meyer-Bothling]], English ophthalmic surgeon
* [[Gordon Morgan Holmes]] (1876–1965), British [[neurologist]]
* [[Edward Nettleship]] (1845–1913), English ophthalmologist
* [[Charles Conor O'Malley]] (1889–1982), Irish eye surgeon
* [[James Hogarth Pringle]] (1863–1941), Scottish surgeon
* [[Dan Reinstein]] (1962), ophthalmologist
* [[Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist)|Harold Ridley]] (1906–2001), English ophthalmologist
* [[Geoffrey Rose (ophthalmologist)|Geoffrey Rose]] (1955), English ophthalmologist
* [[Charles Schepens]] (1912–2006), Belgian (later American) ophthalmologist
* [[Ċensu Tabone]] (1913–2012), [[President of Malta#List of presidents|fourth President of Malta]]
* [[James Taylor (neurologist)|James Taylor]] (1859-1946), British neurologist
* [[William Taylor (ophthalmologist)|William Taylor]] (1912–1989), Scottish ophthalmologist
* [[Edward Treacher Collins]] (1862–1932), English surgeon and ophthalmologist
* [[Clive Warren]], radio presenter
* [[Claud Worth]], ophthalmologist; known for "Worth's squint"

===Matrons===
Between 1895 and 1927 a series of [[matron]]s who had trained at The [[Royal London Hospital|London Hospital]] under [[Eva Luckes]] ran the nursing department at Moorfields:<ref name=":0">Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons'? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)</ref>

* Ada Sarah Shepherd Robinson (1855–1938), Matron from 1895 to 1899, when she left to marry the hospital secretary.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=20 April 1895 |title=Appointments |journal=[[The Hospital]] |volume=18 |issue=447 |pages=xix}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>Ada Sarah Shepherd Robinson and Robert James Bland, Marriage Certificate; 4 January 1900, St Andrew’s Church, Fulham, London; Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754–1931, London [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 18 October 2017]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2 December 1899 |title=Marriage Bells |journal=[[The Nursing Record and Hospital World]] |volume=23 |pages=454 |via=www.rcn.org}}</ref> Robinson trained at The London between 1890 and 1892, remaining there as a Holiday Sister, then Ward Sister until her appointment as Matron in 1895.<ref>Ada Sarah Shepherd Robinson, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/3, 193; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref><ref>Ada Sarah Shepherd Robinson, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 131; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref>
* [[Gertrude Mary Richards (British nursing leader and military nurse)|Gertrude Mary Richards]] (1865–1944), [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Royal Red Cross|RRC]], Matron from 1899 to 1904.<ref name=":0" /> Pollett trained at The London between 1891 and 1893, and remained there as a sister until she became matron of Moorfields Hospital.<ref>Gertrude Mary Richards, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/3, 240; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref><ref>Gertrude Mary Richards, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 141; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref> In 1904 she became Matron in the [[Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service]], and in 1917 became Principal Matron in the [[War Office]], until her retirement in 1919.
* Mary Louisa Pollett (1865–1963), Matron from 1907 to 1927.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |date=19 March 1927 |title=Two Matrons Are Retiring |journal=[[The Nursing Times]] |pages=343 |via=www.rcn.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=26 January 1907 |title=Appointments |journal=[[The British Journal of Nursing]] |volume=38 |pages=71 |via=www.rcn.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=8 August 1908 |title=The Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital |journal=[[The British Journal of Nursing]] |volume=41 |pages=111–112 |via=www.rcn.org}}</ref> Pollett trained at The London between 1893 and 1895, and stayed for a further year as a staff nurse.<ref>Mary Louisa Pollett, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/4, 166; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref><ref>Mary Louisa Pollett, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/1, 167; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Healthcare in London]]
* [[List of hospitals in England]]

==Notes==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/ Trust website]
* [https://www.nhs.uk/services/hospitals/overview/defaultview.aspx?id=1986 Moorfields Eye Hospital on the NHS website]
* [https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/RP601 Care Quality Commission inspection reports]
* [https://www.moorfields.ae/ Moorfields Eye Hospital UAE Official Site]
* [http://www.moorfields-private.co.uk/home Moorfields Private Patients Official Site]

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