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Nicola Sturgeon says she will renew Edinburgh s Eye Pavilion but opposition politicians say there must be a new hospital

Nicola Sturgeon says she will renew Edinburgh s Eye Pavilion but opposition politicians say there must be a new hospital Ian Swanson © The Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion on Chalmers Street has been declared not fit for purpose Pic . But there were no further details and opposition politicians said they feared she meant refurbishing the existing “clapped out” building rather than restoring support for the planned new state-of-the-art eye hospital at Little France which ministers said in December they would no longer fund. In a speech on the NHS, Ms Sturgeon announced plans for two new elective centres in Ayrshire and Cumbernauld.

Edinburgh s Eye Pavilion: centralisation fears as thousands already sent west for treatment

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.

Edinburgh s Eye Pavilion: Public meeting hears patients voice fears over scrapping of new hospital

Edinburgh s Eye Pavilion: Public meeting hears patients voice fears over scrapping of new hospital
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