Patients left at risk of blindness amid NHS waiting list backlogs Patients have been left at risk of going blind amid a failure to treat thousands of people with eye conditions.
Junior doctors at University Hospital Southampton blew the whistle amid concern that patients with serious eye conditions were not being given follow-up appointments amid staff shortages.
An investigation has so far identified 38 patients who have suffered a worsening of their condition due to the situation. The Daily Telegraph
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