Health services

LOCSU and Newmedica spoke to OT  about extending its national cataract framework to glaucoma monitoring at 100% Optical

The agreement will enable practices to refer patients to Optegra for cataracts

“The time for surgery is when a patient has symptoms”

The hospital opened in October last year

The business, which is the second largest provider of cataract surgeries in the UK, has opened its ninth site 

Around 15 practices in Primary Eyecare North Yorkshire and Humber have signed up to the post-op cataract scheme

The Leeds site is part of a national rollout of eye health clinics and surgical centres that accept referrals from optometrists

A new partnership will see optometrists carrying out routine follow-up cataract appointments in practice

Researchers report on a sustainable model for cataract surgery in India

New research into the causes of vision loss is led by Anglia Ruskin University academic