{"id":42412,"date":"2023-07-10T16:09:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T16:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mylocaloptician.co.uk\/?p=22476"},"modified":"2023-07-10T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T16:09:36","slug":"new-treatment-for-retinopathy-of-prematurity-rop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/new-treatment-for-retinopathy-of-prematurity-rop\/","title":{"rendered":"New treatment for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>New treatment for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nVision-saving drug to be routinely offered on NHS to prevent blindness in premature babies<\/h2>\n<p>The Minister announced that some premature babies will now be offered ranibizumab to reduce the risk of sight loss due to ROP.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17332\" src=\"https:\/\/primaryhealthnet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Amanda-Prirchard-NHS-Chief-Exec-180-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NHS England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard said: \u201cThe impacts of vision loss can be absolutely devastating, particularly for children and young people\u201d and added it was \u201cfantastic that this treatment will now give families across the country another life-changing option\u201d to help save sight.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Neil O\u2019Brien said: \u201cNo baby should have to suffer avoidable sight loss.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Babies will now be offered ranibizumab to reduce the risk of sight loss due to ROP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28397,"featured_media":21859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2957],"tags":[3004],"class_list":["post-42412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vision-news","tag-nhs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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