Areas We Serve
Eye Surgeon for Kingston Patients
Kingston patients reach Miss Tina Khanam, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, at Spire St Anthony's Hospital in Worcester Park — about twenty minutes south by car, with free parking — or at Harley Street if central London suits better. Cataract surgery, lens replacement, laser vision correction and corneal treatment are available at both.
Cataract, Lens & Laser Eye Surgery for Kingston Patients
Kingston is the largest town in this catchment and the one with the most choice. Spire St Anthony's on the A24 at Worcester Park is roughly twenty minutes by road via the A240; Harley Street is around 50 minutes by rail through Wimbledon to Waterloo. Most Kingston patients use the hospital, chiefly because free parking and a car journey are far easier to manage on surgery day than a train and two Underground changes.
Miss Khanam holds FRCOphth from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and has more than twenty years in ophthalmology. Her practice covers cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange, LASIK, SMILE, Presbyond laser blended vision and ICL implantation, plus corneal disease including keratoconus, cross-linking, CAIRS ring segments and transplant surgery. She performs every procedure personally.
Kingston has both a large student population from the university and a substantial established residential community across KT1 and KT2, and the clinic sees both ends of that. Younger patients tend to come about laser vision correction or ICL; older residents about cataract, and increasingly about premium lens options that the NHS does not offer.
Your Nearest Clinic from Kingston
Getting here
By car, take the A240 south through Tolworth and Ewell, then the A232 east towards North Cheam and onto London Road (A24) — Spire St Anthony's is at number 801, about twenty minutes. The A3 southbound to the Tolworth interchange is an alternative when the town centre gyratory is congested.
By rail, Kingston station runs South Western Railway services to London Waterloo in about 30 minutes via Wimbledon, for onward travel to Harley Street. For the hospital, Worcester Park is more easily reached by changing at Wimbledon or Motspur Park, though most patients find driving simpler.
Parking
Free patient parking at Spire St Anthony's — a marked contrast with Kingston town centre, where the Bentall Centre and Cattle Market car parks all charge by the hour. Neither the hospital nor the route from Kingston crosses a Congestion Charge or ULEZ boundary.
Postcodes served: KT1, KT2
Treatments Available to Kingston 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 Kingston patients
Why Kingston Patients Choose Us
- Choice of two sites: twenty minutes by car to Worcester Park, or the train to Harley Street
- Free parking at the hospital, where the majority of your appointments will take place
- Full refractive range — LASIK, SMILE, Presbyond and ICL — alongside cataract and lens surgery
- Specialist corneal service including cross-linking and CAIRS for keratoconus
- Consultant-delivered care: Miss Khanam performs the surgery and every follow-up herself
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 Kingston
Kingston is an ancient market town that became a major shopping and university centre, and it has the population mix to match — students and young renters around the town centre, established families in Coombe and Norbiton, and a substantial retired community towards Surbiton and Kingston Vale. Richmond Park sits on its northern edge. That breadth means the clinic sees the full range, from twenty-year-olds asking about laser to eighty-year-olds needing second-eye cataract surgery.
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS ophthalmology for KT1 and KT2. It is a well-regarded unit, and patients rarely come to us because of concerns about the surgery itself. The recurring reasons are timing — choosing a date rather than waiting for one — continuity of surgeon, and lens choice, since multifocal and extended-depth-of-focus implants are generally not available on the NHS. Keratoconus patients also come for cross-linking and CAIRS, which are not widely provided.
Local landmarks and reference points
- Kingston Market Place and the Coronation Stone
- The Bentall Centre and Clarence Street
- Kingston Bridge and the Thames riverside
- Kingston University and Kingston Hospital
- The A3 and the Tolworth interchange
Questions from Kingston Patients
About twenty minutes by car via the A240 and A232 to 801 London Road, Worcester Park. Allow longer at peak times or when the Kingston gyratory is busy.
Only if central London genuinely suits you better — for example if you work in town and want to consult around your working day. For surgery and follow-ups, most Kingston patients prefer Worcester Park because of the free parking and the fact that you cannot travel home alone after an operation.
Kingston Hospital provides good NHS ophthalmology, and this is not a comparison of surgical quality. The differences are that you choose your date and your surgeon, you keep the same consultant throughout, and the full range of intraocular lenses is available rather than a standard monofocal.
Corneal cross-linking can halt progression, and CAIRS — allogenic corneal ring segments — can improve the corneal shape and vision in suitable eyes. Corneal transplant surgery is available where the disease is advanced. This is a specialist service and not offered by most private units.
That gap is exactly what refractive lens exchange and Presbyond laser blended vision are designed for. Both address the loss of reading vision from the mid-forties onwards, and which suits you depends on your prescription and the state of your natural lens.
No. You can book a consultation directly, and we will write to your GP afterwards with your permission.
More general questions are answered on our patient FAQs page.
Book a Consultation
Kingston patients are seen at Spire St Anthony's Hospital, Worcester Park — 20 minutes by car. No GP referral is required, and you will see Miss Tina Khanam personally.