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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Lifestyle
Martin Bagot

Patients with cataracts forced to wait for a year to get NHS surgery during Covid

People with failing eyesight have been forced to wait more than a year for NHS operations to remove cataracts, official figures reveal.

Cataracts are the world’s leading cause of blindness affecting more than half of Brits over 65.

Charities warn huge delays could leave many elderly people losing their ability to live independently.

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