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Eye Surgeon for Horley Patients
Horley residents have a consultant eye surgeon on their doorstep. Spire Gatwick Park Hospital is at Hookwood, barely a mile and a half west of Victoria Road, and Miss Tina Khanam runs her clinics and operating lists there — cataract surgery, lens replacement, laser vision correction and corneal treatment, all within the RH6 postcode.
Cataract, Lens & Laser Eye Surgery for Horley Patients
Of everywhere in Surrey, Horley has the shortest journey to private eye surgery. Spire Gatwick Park is on Povey Cross Road at Hookwood, five minutes from the town centre along the A217. For a treatment pathway that typically involves four or five separate visits — consultation and scans, surgery, a next-day check, then reviews at a fortnight and six weeks — being ten minutes from the hospital rather than an hour from London changes the whole experience.
Miss Khanam holds FRCOphth from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists with more than twenty years in ophthalmology. She carries out the operating herself, so the consultant who examines your eyes and calculates your lens is the one in theatre and the one reviewing you afterwards. That continuity is the single thing patients comment on most.
Horley's caseload is weighted towards cataract and lens replacement — it is a settled town with a substantial retired population — but the airport on the doorstep also brings a steady stream of younger patients looking at laser vision correction and ICL.
Your Nearest Clinic from Horley
Getting here
By car from Horley town centre, take Victoria Road to the A23 and follow the A217 towards Hookwood; Povey Cross Road is signposted and the hospital entrance is on the right. It is a five-minute drive. From the Massetts Road side of town, join the A23 southbound and the journey is much the same.
By rail, Horley station is on the Brighton Main Line with Southern and Thameslink services — one stop south to Gatwick Airport, and direct to London Victoria and London Bridge in around 40 minutes. The hospital is a short taxi ride from the station; there is no direct bus.
Parking
Free patient parking on site at Spire Gatwick Park. Since you cannot drive yourself home after surgery, the short distance back into Horley makes it easy for a friend or family member to collect you.
Postcodes served: RH6
Treatments Available to Horley Patients
Every procedure is performed personally by Miss Tina Khanam. Full details, including costs, recovery and suitability, are on each treatment page.
Conditions we treat for Horley patients
Why Horley Patients Choose Us
- The hospital is in your own postcode — a five-minute drive, not a day trip
- Free parking on site, with no charges, zones or London traffic on the route
- Cataract, lens replacement, laser and corneal surgery all available locally
- Miss Khanam performs every operation personally and sees you at each follow-up
- Straightforward for a relative to bring you and wait rather than take a whole day off
About Your Eye Surgeon
Miss Tina Khanam is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon specialising in LASIK, Laser Eye, Cataract & Lens Replacement Surgery. She holds FRCOphth, Cert LRS, PG Dip CRS and is a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons. She performs every procedure personally, from the initial assessment through surgery to your final follow-up.
Eye Care in Horley
Horley grew from a small Surrey village into a substantial town after the railway arrived and again after Gatwick opened, and it now sits in an unusual position: a quiet residential town with an international airport a mile down the road. The population is a mix of long-settled families, retirees, and airport and aviation workers, and the town centre around Victoria Road and Massetts Road serves all three.
Horley falls under Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, whose main site is East Surrey Hospital at Redhill, about five miles north. Cataract waiting times there change regularly and are best checked with the trust directly. The most common reasons Horley patients go private are timing and lens choice — NHS surgery generally provides a standard monofocal lens, whereas multifocal and extended-depth-of-focus options are available privately.
Local landmarks and reference points
- Spire Gatwick Park Hospital, Povey Cross Road, Hookwood
- Horley station and Victoria Road
- Massetts Road and Horley Recreation Ground
- The A23/A217 junction at Povey Cross
- Gatwick Airport, one stop south by rail
Questions from Horley Patients
About a mile and a half — five minutes by car along the A217 to Hookwood. The full address is Povey Cross Road, Hookwood, Horley RH6 0BB.
Yes. Spire Gatwick Park Hospital takes its name from the airport but its address is in Horley, at Hookwood. If you live in RH6 it is your local private hospital.
Everything — consultation, diagnostic scans, surgery and all follow-up appointments. Miss Khanam also consults at Harley Street, but no part of your treatment requires you to travel there.
Usually within a few weeks of your consultation, and the date is chosen to suit you rather than allocated. Second-eye surgery is normally scheduled a few weeks after the first, once the first eye has settled.
No — you must not drive yourself, and you will need someone to take you home. Given the short distance this is usually straightforward to arrange. You will also need someone with you for the first night after certain procedures.
No, you can book a consultation directly. We will write to your GP afterwards if you would like your records kept up to date.
More general questions are answered on our patient FAQs page.
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Book a Consultation
Horley patients are seen at Spire Gatwick Park Hospital, Hookwood — 5 minutes by car from Horley town centre. No GP referral is required, and you will see Miss Tina Khanam personally.