Health services

A Moorfields governor paid a personal tribute to the NHS, which turns 70 this year, at the eye hospital’s annual general meeting

The hospital shared financial results and clinical outcomes at its AGM last week

Cabinet reshuffle following Brexit disagreement sees Jeremy Hunt move to the Foreign Office

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

Optegra Manchester will receive all non-emergency eye surgery referrals in eastern Cheshire

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

“It’s a professional obligation to communicate back to the primary care professional – we wouldn’t dream of not replying to a GP”

APPG on Eye Health says it is not too late for the NHS to correct its failings if it takes action immediately

Ophthalmologists and optometrists give their top tips on raising the quality of referrals into the hospital eye service

Whether or not GOS claims were appropriate will be assessed during a six-month trial in a sample of Wessex, West Yorkshire and Harrogate practices