HUNDREDS of Merseyside people at risk of going blind are to get treatment not widely available on the NHS. Elsewhere in the UK there is a postcode lottery as to whether patients are prescribed the sight-saving drugs Macugen and Lucentis. But Merseyside’s health chiefs have agreed to allow every GP to refer suitable candidates for treatment at the Royal Liverpool’s St Paul’s Eye hospital which has pioneered use of the drugs.
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The NHS cash YES that could save the sight of 700 people - Liverpool Echo 28th January 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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