:Bristol Eye Hospital

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{{Infobox hospital

| Name = Bristol Eye Hospital

| Org/Group = University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

| Image = Bristol Eye Hospital entrance.JPG

| Caption = Entrance and one of five art works, called The Creation by Walter Ritchie, along the hospital frontage

| Logo =

| Location =

| map_type = Bristol

| coordinates = {{coord|51.4585|-2.5948|type:landmark_region:GB-BST|display=inline,title}}

| map_caption = Shown in Bristol

| Region = Bristol

| State = England

| Country = UK

| HealthCare = NHS

| Type = Teaching

| Speciality = Ophthalmology

| Emergency = Daytime

| Affiliation = University of Bristol, Faculty of Health and Social Care University of the West of England

| Beds = 11{{Cite web |title=University Hospitals Bristol and Weston – Foundation |url=https://foundation.severndeanery.nhs.uk/about-us/trusts/university-hospitals-bristol-weston/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=foundation.severndeanery.nhs.uk}}

| Founded = 1808

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Bristol Eye Hospital is a specialist ophthalmic hospital in Bristol.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=395|title=Overwiew -- Bristol Eye Hospital|publisher=nhs.uk|accessdate=2015-11-15}} It is part of the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/your-hospitals/bristol-eye-hospital/|title=Bristol Eye Hospital|publisher=University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust|accessdate=2015-11-15}}

The University of Bristol Dental Hospital is adjacent, and the Bristol Royal Infirmary is nearby.{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/bristol-royal-infirmary-by-charles-holden-1912/8632814.article|title=Bristol Royal Infirmary, by Charles Holden (1912)|date=10 July 2012|publisher=Architects Journal|accessdate=26 April 2018}}

History

The hospital was founded in 1808 by Dr William Henry Goldwyer as "The Institution for the Cure of Disease of the Eye Amongst the Poor" in Lower Maudlin Street.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/bha056|title=The Voluntary Medical Institutions of Bristol|date=27 November 1984|publisher=Bristol Historical Association|via=Internet Archive}} In 1839, and again in 1898, it expanded into adjoining buildings. In 1935 a new building was completed, which was in turn replaced in 1982 creating the present hospital which opened in 1986. A refurbishment and expansion took place between 2010 and 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/about-us/our-heritage/ |title=Our heritage – Bristol Eye Hospital |publisher=University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust |year=2012 |accessdate=22 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117074722/http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/about-us/our-heritage/ |archive-date=17 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}

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