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Treatment centres for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Summary: Treatment centres for AMD which is the most common cause of poor sight among people over 50.

• East Anglia
• Midlands
• North East and Yorkshire
• North Thames
• North West
• South East
• South West
• London
• N Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales
• Further information

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These centres provide photodynamic therapy (PDT) on the NHS and may also provide the new anti-VEGF treatments for the condition.

East Anglia

• Ipswich Hospital - Consultant – Clive Edelsten
• Leicester Nuffield Hospital - Consultant - Mr James Dean
• Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge - Consultant - Doug Newman
• Southend Hospital, Essex - Consultant - Niral Karia
• Queen Elizabeth, Kings Lynn - Consultant - Mr Pushpanathan.

Midlands

• Birmingham City Hospital -Consultant – Mr Gibson/Ms Tsaloumas/Ms Hope-Ross
• Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham - Consultant – Mr W Amoaku
• Royal Wolverhampton Hospital - Consultant – Mr Yang
• Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospital NHS - Consultant – Mr Pankaj Puri
• Coventry & Warwickshire Hospital - Consultant - Mr Sergio Pagliarini.

North East and Yorkshire

• Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, Yorkshire -Consultants – Mr Faruque Ghanchi/Mr Mohammed
• Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust - Consultant – S Rehman
• Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust -Consultant - Mr Zaman
• Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield -Consultant – Mr Chris Brand
• Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital NHS Trust -Consultant – Mr James Talks
• St James' Hospital, Leeds - Consultant - Martin McKibben
• York Hospital - Consultants - Gavin Walters and Nicola Topping
• Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby - Consultant - Mr Kotta.

North Thames

• Oxford Radcliff Hospital NHS Trust - Consultants – Ms Susie Downes/Mr Paul Rosen
• Royal Berkshire & Battle Hospitals NHS Trust - Consultant – Sarah Lucy Watson
• Stoke Mandeville Hospital - Consultant - Ms Consuela Moorman
• Addenbrookes Hospital NHS Trust - Consultant – Noemi Lois.

North West

• Manchester Royal Eye Hospital - Consultants – Mr S Charles/Mr P Bishop/Mr P Stanga
• Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Blackburn - Consultant - Miss Salwa Abugreen
• Victoria Hospital, Blackpool - Consultant - Simon Morgan
• Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport - Consultant - Mr Mark Yodaiken
• Royal Albert Edward, Wigan - Consultant - Sal Natha
• The Royal Liverpool University Hospital NHS Trust - Consultants – Mr Simon Harding/Mr M Briggs/Mr I Pearce
• St James University Hospital, Leeds - Consultant – Martin McKibbin.

South East

• Frimley Park NHS Trust - Consultants – Mr James Govan/Geeta Menon
• Maidstone Hospital - Consultant – Mr Frank Arfhat
• North Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Trust Grimsby - Consultants- Sakkaf Aftab/Mr Satish Kotta
• Royal Sussex County Hospital - Consultant - Mr Caswell
• Brighton/Worthing & Southlands Hospital NHS Trust, Worthing - Consultant –Mr Sal Rassam/Mr Chee Hing Kon.

South West

• Bristol Eye Unit - Consultant – Claire Bailey
• Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester - Consultant – Ms Anne Reck
• Royal United Hospital, Bath - Consultant – Mr Richard Antcliff
• Southampton General - Consultant – Prof A Lotery/Andrew Luff
• Torbay Hospital, Devon -Consultants – Mr Mick Coles/Mr C James.

London

• Kingston Hospital, London - Consultant - Mr Simon Horgan
• Hillingdon Hospital (St Mary Weston Eye Hospital) - Consultant - Mr Nick Lee
• Barnet General Hospital, Barnet, Herefordshire - Consultant - Mr Martin Harris
• Kings College Hospital, London -Consultant – Mr V Chong
• Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust, London - Consultants - Mr Adnan Turfail/Mr Phil Hykin
• Western Eye Hospital - Consultant - Mr Kevin Gregory Evans.

N Ireland

• Royal Victoria, Belfast - Consultant – Professor Usha Chakravarthy

Scotland

• Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen - Consultant – Dr Noemi Lois
• Princess Alexander Eye Pavillion, Edinburgh - Consultant – Prof B Dhillon
• Gartnaval, Glasgow - Consultant – Mr Mike Gavin
• Ninewells Dundee - Consultant – Dr Stuart Roxburgh.

Wales

• University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff - Consultant – Chris Blythe
• Swansea NHS Trust Central Clinic - Consultant – David Eddyshaw
• HM Stanley Hospital. St Asaph - Consultant – Mr CS Ng.

More information about treatments for AMD

New anti-VEGF treatments for wet AMD

Further information

For further information, advice and support please contact:

RNIB Helpline
Telephone - 0845-766 9999 or 020 7388 2525
Email - helpline@rnib.org.uk

Macular Disease Society - providing information and support for people dealing with macular degeneration and related retinal diseases.

The Macular Disease Society
13a Bridge Street
Andover
Hampshire
SE10 1BE
Tel: 0845 241 2041

Email: info@maculardisease.org

RNIB is part of an organisation called AMD Alliance International whose role is to promote awareness of age related macular degeneration - the leading cause of blindness in the western world. If you'd like more information please go to the AMD Alliance website

The information contained on this page was correct at the time of writing (October 2004)

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Content author: helpline@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 24/04/2008 15:08