Health services

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

NHS approved retailer Pharmacy2U sold the personal details of more than 21,000 customers to marketers and fraudsters

Organisations including the Optical Confederation and LOCSU submit evidence to health select committee inquiry into primary care

A new report reveals the high standard of eye care being offered in Wales

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

Health watchdog finds Cambridge University NHS Hospital Trust to be ‘inadequate,’ with one eye patient having to wait 51 weeks for an appointment

The NHS Atlas of Variation shows performance differences across England, including access to diabetic health screening and cataract operations

South Kent Coast clinical commissioning group has accepted a bid from French health providers to offer NHS services by the end of the year

Hereford independent practice has increased the number of appointments for emergency eye cases available to NHS patients under PEARS scheme

The number of sight tests carried out in England fell by almost 23,000 in 2014–15, compared with the previous year