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Surely the NHS is for medical problems
http://www.express.co...-in-cosmetic-ops-scam
leaving aside the whole immigrant issue, surely cosmetic surgery, IVF etc should not be available anyway. Should the NHS ban all cosmetic surgery for vanity and also IVF, after all there is no shorgage of people. If you want IVF pay privately.
leaving aside the whole immigrant issue, surely cosmetic surgery, IVF etc should not be available anyway. Should the NHS ban all cosmetic surgery for vanity and also IVF, after all there is no shorgage of people. If you want IVF pay privately.
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I think so too, kayless - the NHS cannot afford procedures which are for cosmetic reasons. I don't understand the IVF issue either - in my time, if you couldn't have a child (which I couldn't) you had to come to terms with it. The NHS is still needing to save millions to get into financial balance in the next couple of years - core services need to be their priority.
The “reconstructive” type of cosmetic surgery necessary following, say, an accident, should certainly be available on the NHS. All other cosmetic surgery should not be funded.
IVF should not be funded at all and in my view should not even be permitted privately. The NHS certainly cannot afford to provide such a luxury product anyway. Furthermore there is an overwhelming argument for worldwide population reduction and the UK could play its role in such a strategy.
IVF should not be funded at all and in my view should not even be permitted privately. The NHS certainly cannot afford to provide such a luxury product anyway. Furthermore there is an overwhelming argument for worldwide population reduction and the UK could play its role in such a strategy.
i agree with purely/true cosmetic surgery being privately funded, but reconstruction after surgery should be funded!
and IVF is a tricky one ... it IS a medical issue BUT there are lots of people having it when they have already had babies naturally (with a different partner or whatever ...) so it does make me wonder what the criteria is!
and IVF is a tricky one ... it IS a medical issue BUT there are lots of people having it when they have already had babies naturally (with a different partner or whatever ...) so it does make me wonder what the criteria is!
Mos ridiculous thing I heard of were breast implants (enlargements) done on NHS for psychological reasons (NOT because there were none or removed breast tissue to start with) ...
Should that type of issue not need addressing in a different way?
I think NHS makes IVF treatment VERY difficult to achieve .. and then it's a one-shot go at it only.
Should that type of issue not need addressing in a different way?
I think NHS makes IVF treatment VERY difficult to achieve .. and then it's a one-shot go at it only.
breast reduction for men ^^^^
Anyway, don't get me wrong, i do think cosmetic surgery for those in fires/accidents should be paid for (i'm sort of in the middle about ivf - where i live there is a very strict criteria which seems right - ie under 34, BMI under 29, non smoker of both parents, no other living children including adopted children etc etc and i can't understand why it's different elsewhere)
I notice that the article does not say that these people actually get these treatments, just that they apply to delay their cases
Anyway, don't get me wrong, i do think cosmetic surgery for those in fires/accidents should be paid for (i'm sort of in the middle about ivf - where i live there is a very strict criteria which seems right - ie under 34, BMI under 29, non smoker of both parents, no other living children including adopted children etc etc and i can't understand why it's different elsewhere)
I notice that the article does not say that these people actually get these treatments, just that they apply to delay their cases
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medical problems of the nature as described, if you have been in a serious accident then you get reconstructive surgery, but no to IVF, breast enlargement, gastric bands, health tourists, and sundry other completely unnecessary procedures. If they want it done, then sorry it's down to paying to go private.
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