Patients with sickle cell disease in England are to get apheresis services in an increased range of hospitals close to their homes, it has been announced.
Some £9 million is to be put in a programme to improve the services, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said.
The Department of Health says that at least 20 NHS trusts currently have Spectra Optia machines, which deliver apheresis to patients.
NHS England director for healthcare inequalities Professor Bola Owolabi said: “Sickle cell patients have needed new treatment options for decades and this additional funding will provide greater access to this life-changing technology which has the potential to significantly improve patients’ quality of life.”
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