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BBC News
01-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Treatment centre to expand in new Sunderland eye hospital
A service carrying up to 7,000 operations a year is set to grow when a new eye hospital opens next summer, health bosses have Eye Infirmary's Cataract Treatment Centre (CTC) will expand with a third theatre when the new facility on the former Vaux Brewery site in the city centre starts operating in extra theatre would be brought into use gradually, offering more operations to help meet a rising demand, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Kotagiri, clinical director of ophthalmology, said the patient flow in the new building would be "much better". The new site will replace the eye infirmary building on Queen Alexandra Road, which is almost 80 years old. The trust said the aging building was a challenge to run, with its "old plumbing, heating systems and infrastructure making it difficult" for the CTC team to work in."The new building will make such a difference," Mr Kotagiri said, adding: "There will be more space and it will offer top facilities for those who lead in their field."The flow for patients will be much better, especially for pre-op because it will all be next to each other on the same floor."We're also looking forward to increasing our capacity, helping more people than we can now."The CTC, which the trust said was "one of the biggest services of its kind in the country", will be located on the third floor of the new building. Follow BBC Sunderland on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
08-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Edinburgh's Eye hospital to reopen by end of June
Edinburgh's eye hospital will fully reopen by the end of June following urgent repairs, health bosses have Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion closed on 28 October for two leaking copper waste pipes to be repaired and asbestos removed from the building.A phased return to the Chalmers Street building will begin on 19 May with services expected to be back in place six weeks services and day surgery appointments were moved to St John's Hospital in Livingston during the closure, while emergency ophthalmology care was treated at a temporary home in the nearby Lauriston Building. The hospital was deemed unfit for purpose in cost to replace the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion has since been put at £ December Finance Secretary Shona Robison told MSPs the Scottish government would fund a at the time told BBC Scotland News they welcomed the announcement with one saying she punched the air with Crombie, NHS Lothian deputy chief executive, said: "We are really grateful to our patients for their understanding while the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion has been temporarily closed, recognising the additional stress and inconvenience this may have caused.""We welcome the feedback we have received from patients and their families, which we have been able to use to help support our plans for the return to the building."I would like to reassure patients, as we prepare to move services back, that they do not need to do anything."They will continue to be notified of where any appointments are taking place."
