Health services
The latest news about health services relating to eye care
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Review by Lord Carter calls for a total of £5bn in savings to be made by reducing variation in the delivery of hospital services in England
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NHS approved retailer Pharmacy2U sold the personal details of more than 21,000 customers to marketers and fraudsters
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Organisations including the Optical Confederation and LOCSU submit evidence to health select committee inquiry into primary care
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A new report reveals the high standard of eye care being offered in Wales
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A 60-year-old women with wet AMD is the first patient in the UK to receive embryonic stem cell treatment for the condition at Moorfields Eye Hospital
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Health watchdog finds Cambridge University NHS Hospital Trust to be ‘inadequate,’ with one eye patient having to wait 51 weeks for an appointment
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The NHS Atlas of Variation shows performance differences across England, including access to diabetic health screening and cataract operations
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South Kent Coast clinical commissioning group has accepted a bid from French health providers to offer NHS services by the end of the year
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Hereford independent practice has increased the number of appointments for emergency eye cases available to NHS patients under PEARS scheme
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The number of sight tests carried out in England fell by almost 23,000 in 2014–15, compared with the previous year