Areas We Serve
Eye Surgeon for New Malden Patients
New Malden patients reach Miss Tina Khanam without going anywhere near central London. Spire St Anthony's Hospital in Worcester Park is about four miles south of the High Street — fifteen minutes by car, with free parking — and every stage of treatment, from first scan to final follow-up, happens there with the same consultant eye surgeon.
Cataract, Lens & Laser Eye Surgery for New Malden Patients
New Malden sits in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, hemmed in by the A3 to the north and Worcester Park to the south. That southern edge is the useful one: the drive down Malden Road into Worcester Park and along to Spire St Anthony's on London Road takes about a quarter of an hour outside rush hour. For a KT3 resident weighing up private eye surgery, the realistic alternative is an hour each way to Harley Street, several times over, for consultation, surgery and three or four follow-ups.
Miss Khanam is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with FRCOphth and more than twenty years in ophthalmology. She performs cataract surgery, refractive lens exchange, LASIK, SMILE and ICL implantation, and treats corneal disease including keratoconus. She does the operating herself — you are not handed to a fellow or a rotating surgeon on the day.
New Malden's patient mix is unusually broad, and the caseload reflects it. There is a steady flow of people in their thirties and forties who have simply had enough of contact lenses and want laser vision correction or ICL, alongside older residents in the cataract and lens replacement group. Both pathways run out of the same hospital.
Your Nearest Clinic from New Malden
Getting here
By car, the direct route is Malden Road (A2043) south through Worcester Park, then Central Road and left onto London Road (A24) — Spire St Anthony's is on the right at 801 London Road, roughly fifteen minutes from New Malden High Street. The alternative is the A3 south to the Tolworth interchange, then the A240 and A232, which is often quicker when the A2043 is busy at school times.
By rail, New Malden station runs South Western Railway services to London Waterloo in around 22 minutes. For the hospital, Motspur Park is one stop south and Worcester Park two, both a short taxi ride away. Patients who prefer to consult in central London can take the Waterloo train and continue to Harley Street by Underground.
Parking
Free patient parking at Spire St Anthony's. Worth knowing before surgery day: you must not drive yourself home afterwards, so arrange for someone to collect you — the fifteen-minute run back into KT3 makes that a small favour to ask.
Postcodes served: KT3
Treatments Available to New Malden 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 New Malden patients
Why New Malden Patients Choose Us
- Fifteen minutes door to door — realistic for the four or five appointments a full treatment involves
- Laser vision correction and lens surgery both available at the same local hospital
- Consultant-delivered care throughout: Miss Khanam performs the surgery personally
- Evening and early appointments for patients commuting into Waterloo
- No Congestion Charge, no ULEZ crossing, and no central London parking
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 New Malden
New Malden is home to the largest Korean community in Europe, and the High Street reflects it — a run of Korean restaurants, supermarkets and businesses that draws people from across London. It is otherwise a comfortable commuter suburb of Victorian and inter-war housing, with a young professional population around the station and established families towards Motspur Park and Coombe. Both groups turn up in clinic, but for different things: the first for laser and ICL, the second for cataracts.
NHS eye care in New Malden runs through Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, with some patients referred to Epsom & St Helier depending on their GP. Waiting lists for routine cataract surgery move constantly and are worth checking directly. Going private is usually less about the quality of NHS surgery than about timing, choosing your surgeon, and having a real choice of intraocular lens — multifocal and extended-depth-of-focus lenses are rarely offered on the NHS.
Local landmarks and reference points
- New Malden High Street and the Korean quarter
- New Malden station (South Western Railway)
- Beverley Park
- The Fountain roundabout on the A3
- Motspur Park and Malden Manor stations
Questions from New Malden Patients
At Spire St Anthony's Hospital, 801 London Road, Worcester Park SM3 9DW — about four miles south of New Malden High Street. Consultation, surgery and follow-up all happen there. Harley Street is available if you would rather consult in town.
About fifteen minutes outside peak times via Malden Road and Central Road. Allow twenty to twenty-five at school run times, or use the A3 and A240 via Tolworth, which is often clearer.
LASIK, SMILE and ICL are all offered without going into central London. Your suitability is decided by a detailed corneal assessment, not by which clinic you attend — some prescriptions and corneal shapes suit ICL better than laser, and that is discussed at the consultation.
Early and later appointments can usually be arranged. Many New Malden patients consult at Harley Street on a weekday around work and then have surgery and follow-ups at Worcester Park nearer home.
Typically four to five: an initial consultation with scans, the surgery itself, a next-day check, and follow-ups at around two weeks and six weeks. For second-eye cataract surgery there are a few more. This is why the travel distance is worth thinking about at the outset.
Yes. Corneal cross-linking to halt progression, and CAIRS corneal ring segments to improve the corneal shape, are both available, along with corneal transplant surgery where it is needed.
More general questions are answered on our patient FAQs page.
Book a Consultation
New Malden patients are seen at Spire St Anthony's Hospital, Worcester Park — 15 minutes by car. No GP referral is required, and you will see Miss Tina Khanam personally.