Health services
The latest news about health services relating to eye care
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With cataract surgery waiting times in Northern Ireland measured in years, OT investigates the impact of delays on patients and the optometrists who care for them
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OT finds out about advances in hospital optometry with principal optometrist for education and training at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Paddy Gunn
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OT spoke to the eye care provider about the effects of the pandemic and growing waiting lists for cataract surgery
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May Kitchen, 77, resorted to paying for private cataract surgery after she was advised that she would have to wait up to four years for funded treatment
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The clinic will only treat NHS patients and aims to help reduce waiting times for cataract treatment in the North East
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Sunderland City Council has given plans to build a new purpose-built facility the go ahead
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New data reveals that patients who received cataract surgery in 2021 had waited an average of nine months or more
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A fleet of 40 minibuses has been transporting around 1000 patients each month to undergo cataract surgery
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The funding boost aims to develop a blueprint for the post-pandemic recovery of elective surgery within the NHS