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Cataracts

June 2024

  • Three surgeons in an operating theatre looking at an image of an eye on a screen

    Boom in cataract surgery in England as private clinics eye huge profits

    With NHS England outsourcing nearly 60% of surgery, critics say it is sapping funding for more serious conditions

June 2020

  • A ward at a private hospital in London, UK

    Treasury blocks plan for private hospitals to tackle NHS backlog

    NHS bosses seek to finalise £5bn contract covering treatment including cancer surgery

December 2019

  • Ruth van Heyningen 2

    Ruth van Heyningen obituary

    Biochemist and ophthalmologist whose research concentrated on the formation of cataracts

June 2018

  • The Queen at a Buckingham Palace garden party

    Queen had cataract surgery last month, palace confirms

    Monarch was treated as a day patient at King Edward VII’s hospital in London

July 2017

  • A surgeon undertakes pioneering knee surgery

    Doctors forced to plead with NHS for treatments for patients, BMJ finds

    Growing healthcare rationing means GPs are having to submit exceptional requests for treatments including cataract removals and new hips and knees

September 2016

  • A cataract patient is examined at the Manchester Royal Eye hospital.

    RNIB report: Patients in England face 15-month wait for cataract surgery

    Long delays caused by NHS drive for ‘efficiency savings’ causing misery for mainly elderly patients, charity says

March 2016

  • Closeup of a blue eye of a six month old baby boy. Digitally altered.<br>BWH84K Closeup of a blue eye of a six month old baby boy. Digitally altered.

    Children with cataracts regain sight after radical stem cell treatment

    Trial on babies and toddlers with congenital cataracts used stem cells to regenerate healthy lenses, producing better results than conventional surgery

December 2014

  • A patient awaits treatment at a hospital after undergoing cataract removals in India

    Indians lose sight after cataract operations in Punjab state

    Police launch investigation after at least 15 patients lose vision and others develop infections after procedure at medical camp

November 2014

  • A doctor carries out a cataract operation

    Cataract inquiry shows patients suffered ‘potentially serious harm’

    Nineteen patients at Mount Stuart hospital in Torquay received antibiotic overdoses during eye surgery contracted out by NHS

October 2014

  • A woman undergoes an eye examination

    Family calls for investigation into cataract surgery complications

  • A woman undergoes an eye examination

    Leaked report into cataract surgery revealed

  • NHS hospital

    Pressure grows on NHS hospital over eye operation failings

  • eye examination

    Hospital refuses to publish report on outsourced eye operation problems

November 2009

  • Guide to cataracts

    Authoritative information from the British Medical Journal on cataracts, from the symptoms to the routine operation to remove them

February 2007

  • Effective eye treatments - at home and abroad

    Letters: We are surprised at your claim that RNIB "refused to get involved in the debate on Avastin" (Drug firms urged to stop blocking blindness cure, February 15).

February 2006

  • Hole in ozone layer expected to increase

    · Sun's activity blamed for stopping natural repairs

    · Fears remain over skin cancer and cataracts

January 2006

  • A helping hand in the operating theatre

    Walter Harris: The effect of holding hands proved benevolent therapy. Because of the extremely delicate nature of cataract operations, if there were no volunteers to do it the handholding would have to be done by nurses, as it is not only a gesture of kindness but also an essential part of the operation.

June 2004

  • NHS trusts bullied into private contracts

    Chairman lost job for resisting cataracts deal with foreign firm.

April 2004

  • Faulty lenses lead to further eye surgery

    More than 500 patients who had cataract operations up to six years ago have had further surgery because they were fitted with faulty lenses, it was revealed yesterday.

January 2004

  • Green light for private-run NHS eye clinics

    The health secretary, John Reid, has announced that contract negotiations have been completed for two mobile cataract surgery units as part of the government's controversial programme of private sector-run treatment centres.

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