Edinburgh s Eye Pavilion: centralisation fears as thousands already sent west for treatment © The Scottish Government has said it will not fund a replacement for the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavi.
Lothian Tory MSP Miles Briggs said he feared the loss of a specialist eye hospital would lead to greater centralisation of eyecare provision in Glasgow.
The Scottish Government provoked a public outcry in December when it said it would not fund a replacement for the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion – despite backing the project in 2018 – and told NHS Lothian to review its eye services.
Figures released under Freedom of Information show an average of almost 2,000 patients a year were being referred from Lothian to the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank for ophthalmology treatments until last year when the pandemic saw numbers fall to 635.
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