The NHS says it has secured a rescue package of alternative medical cement to allow joint surgery to continue. Last week ...

The specialist ophthalmology clinic will offer the program to patients, enabling them to access its established surgical pathway within its ...

In the year 2000, total NHS spending was around £44bn, a figure that sounded substantial, at least on paper. As a newly qualified doctor working on the front line, I often found myself putting in ...

What counts as healthcare privatisation? How much is really taking place? And does it matter, particularly for patients? The debate often begins with denial. Successive governments have claimed that ...

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Lilian Greenwood, Nottingham South MP and Minister for Local Transport, visited the independent provider of NHS ophthalmology services on 6 February ...

Len Browne, 71, from Durham, is back to enjoying his hobby of wood carving after NHS cataract surgery at Optegra Eye Clinic Newcastle resolved his cloudy vision. And little did he know that he was one ...

“Most people first notice age-related changes to their eyesight in their forties when the lens inside becomes less flexible, ...

UK researchers have highlighted that long-term use of topical anti-glaucoma medication is associated with an adverse effect ...

It was only a matter of time before my optician gave me the news I was dreading. “You have cataracts in both eyes now,” she said, squinting through her high-tech equipment.