Acute care

Commissioners have rationed cataract surgery on inferior evidence, Keogh admits

By 2013-01-15T13:41:00

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Source: Peter Searle

Around half of all primary care trusts have restricted access to cataract surgery, with the majority basing their decisions on inferior clinical evidence, the medical director of the NHS has told MPs.

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