A Revolutionary treatment offering the gift of sight has been made available to patients in Gloucestershire.

"A Revolutionary treatment offering the gift of sight has been made available to patients in Gloucestershire.Injections of the drug Lucentis can improve vision in people with some forms of retina degeneration.

But until now Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust has not funded the treatment, which can cost up to £28,000 for a two-year course, because it was too costly to give to hundreds of sufferers.

But the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has now given its backing to public funding for the drug and Lucentis is to become available in the county."