A new specialist eye screening service for sickle cell, thalassaemia and rare inherited anaemia patients from across the district has opened in Bradford. Sickle cell disorder (SCD) affects around 17,000 people in the UK and thalassaemia affects around 1,600 people…
Bradford eye specialists have achieved a national ‘first’ by developing a pioneering device that helps assess the sight of adults and children with complex and severe learning difficulties. The Bradford Visual Function Box (BVFB) launches across England…
Two new hospital staff nurses are taking up their duties after years of dedicated studying paid off. Elaina Corton and Penny Taylor joined the ENT and Eye Outpatients’ Department of Bradford Royal Infirmary, part of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation…
An international, ground-breaking clinical trial seeking to find a new way of treating wet macular degeneration (a condition that causes the loss of central vision, usually in both eyes) is looking to recruit patients in Bradford. Staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary’s…
