Moorfields appoints new nursing chief
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Jo Johnson has taken up post as head of nursing for Moorfields Private, the private division of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust.
Her role, closely supporting the director of private care, provides clinical leadership across three sites.
Moorfields Private delivers private patient treatment from Old Street and also now from the heart of London’s medical district.
The new Moorfields Private Eye Centre, recently opened at New Cavendish Street, offers diagnostic and refractive procedures.
Moorfields Private Care income was £37.2m in 2021-22, up 53% on the previous year, fourth highest of all trusts and also an increase of around 20% on pre-Covid levels.
Private patient revenues now represent 14.7% of total trust income, the second highest of all NHS trusts.