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Fears over Lothian eyecare review, but Nicola Sturgeon repeats funding commitment to replace Edinburgh s Eye Pavilion

Fears over Lothian eyecare review, but Nicola Sturgeon repeats funding commitment to replace Edinburgh s Eye Pavilion Ian Swanson © How the new eye hospital at Little France could look Let us know what you think and join the conversation at the bottom of this article. Dr Alistair Adams, a consultant at the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion for over 30 years, has sent MSPs and members of NHS Lothian board a four-page document setting out how essential it is for the new hospital proposed for Little France to go ahead. NHS Lothian brought in private firm Buchan Associates to carry out a review of eyecare services after the Scottish Government said in December it would not fund the hospital despite giving initial approval in 2018.

Fears over Lothian eyecare review, but Nicola Sturgeon repeats funding commitment to replace Edinburgh s Eye Pavilion

Fears over Lothian eyecare review, but Nicola Sturgeon repeats funding commitment to replace Edinburgh s Eye Pavilion Ian Swanson © How the new eye hospital at Little France could look Let us know what you think and join the conversation at the bottom of this article. Dr Alistair Adams, a consultant at the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion for over 30 years, has sent MSPs and members of NHS Lothian board a four-page document setting out how essential it is for the new hospital proposed for Little France to go ahead. NHS Lothian brought in private firm Buchan Associates to carry out a review of eyecare services after the Scottish Government said in December it would not fund the hospital despite giving initial approval in 2018.

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.

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