Which NHS centres do INTACS surgery?

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Which NHS centres do INTACS surgery?

Postby Karl R » Wed 06 Sep 2006 10:34 am

Finally been listed for surgery by my consultant at St Paul's. He has told me that they still haven't had the funding fully appproved but expect it within 3 months and that if after this time they can't do it at St Paul's he will transfer me out to another centre to have my right eye done.

Which other NHS centres do the INTACS surgery?

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Postby Andrew MacLean » Wed 06 Sep 2006 11:24 am

Karl,

I am not too sure about the situation now. I do know that the first two NHS hospitals to offer Intacs were St Thomas in London and St James in Newcastle.

But, since then, lots of hospitals have had proposals to their local ethics committees to begin to offer this surgery. I guess that like topsy, the number actually offering the service has hust kept growing.

All the best

Andrew

[added later] I found this site that may be of interest
http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/14/
It comes with a health warning: I have not been able to follow many of the links, so I have no way of assessing the quality of advice given.

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Postby Stephen Borthwick » Sat 16 Sep 2006 7:51 am

Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre at the City Hospital, Birmingham. (Not that close to you though!)
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Postby Vicky Houston » Thu 21 Sep 2006 2:09 pm

I had my intacs done at the centre for sight queen victoria hospital in East Grinstead. The intacts were done on the NHS the consultant has one appointment a month for NHS patients.


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