Consultant Ophthalmologist Professor Ben Burton.
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Staff and patients at James Paget University Hospital have played an important role in tackling a condition which causes blindness.
The James Paget took part in the LumiThera Lightsite II clinical study, which is trialling a treatment for intermediate dry age-related macular degeneration.
Macular degeneration is the most common cause of blindness in people aged over 60 in the western world and, for the dry form of the disease, there is currently no effective proven treatment.
The trials saw JPUH patients with intermediate dry age-related macular degeneration given three rounds of photobiomodulation sessions every four month.
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Market Gates Shopping Centre, in Great Yarmouth, is set to become a large-scale Covid vaccination centre
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A mass Covid vaccination centre is set to open in Great Yarmouth.
Jabs will be offered to eligible patients at the coastal town s Market Gates Shopping Centre from Thursday (April 29).
A coronavirus vaccine being administered at Castle Quarter in Norwich
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The site provides an additional option to the existing large-scale venues which are already delivering vaccines in Norwich, Attleborough, King s Lynn, North Walsham, Harleston, Lowestoft and Downham Market.
Smaller, GP-led hubs and the area s hospitals have also been administering injections to priority groups since December.
South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon visits the new £1.4m operating theatre at Spire Norwich.
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As NHS waiting list numbers nationally hit record levels in the wake of the pandemic, we want to hear your experiences through our survey.
Across the NHS a record 4.7 million people are waiting, including more than 90,000 people in Norfolk and Waveney - including 9,000 who have faced delays of more than 12 months.
Spire Norwich has treated more than 20,000 patients during the pandemic and its head says many more are seeking private treatment to get back to normal lives .
We d like to know what this means for you and your treatment through our quick survey.
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