Interviews & Videos

Tracy Luckett, Director of Nursing and Allied Health Professions Spoke to Angela Smith, Friends Executive Manager about the role of nurses at Moorfields and how they work with volunteers to provide essential patient care. “There are over five hundred registered nurses working at Moorfields, and then there are approximately two hundred support nurses, healthcare assistants and...

Declan Flanagan was appointed Medical Director at Moorfields in 2010, and since then the trust has practically doubled in size: in terms of numbers of patients seen, numbers of operations done; amount of research done and in terms of money spent on behalf of patients. Declan recently stood down after 8 years in post, and he spoke to...

Frank Larkin came to Moorfields as a Senior Trainee in 1990 and has worked here ever since. He became a Consultant in 1997. He is one of the three consultants who deal with cornea problems in children, and his clinic is in the Richard Desmond Children’s Eye Centre. Here Mr Larkin talks to Angela Smith about different  things that can affect the...

Jo Moss is the Director of Strategy and Business Development at Moorfields. “Our core belief is ‘People’s Sight Matters’ We want to have an emphasis on why we all come to work, why we all care. It was really clear from talking to patients and talking to staff that it is an understanding that people’s...

David Probert has been Chief Executive of Moorfields for just over a year now. “Coming to Moorfields really has been everything I hoped it would be – it has been a great place to work with some great people” Here David tells Angela Smith about his three highlights for the year; his biggest challenge;  and...

Mr Nick Strouthidis, Medical Director (and former Glaucoma Service Director) at Moorfields came to the Friends office to talk to Angela Smith about glaucoma, and to thank Friends for all their support. “Glaucoma is a condition where the optic nerve, the structure that takes vision from the eye to the brain, can get damaged over...