crikey on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
40,000 women in the UK with implants from PIP, 95% of which were put in privately.It's a private sector problem, not an NHS one.
View Articlecraigxxl on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
If they had it done under the NHS then they should replace them but if done elsewhere then they should go back to who did the job.
View ArticleKona TC on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
With the exception of breast reconstruction post cancer ABSOLUTELY NOTIf women pay to have bags of chemical placed in their chests, as a PRIVATE medical procedure; then they can pay to have them taken...
View Articleemma82 on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
I say no. Yes there is a psychological impact to SOME women with a small chest however, if you can take the decision to have it done privately and pay for it to be done privately then you hAve to have...
View Articlecrikey on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
...and let's not forget, the reason for removal is in case of a potential problem, not to deal with an actual health issue. If we say the NHS should take on this issue, maybe we should keep orthopaedic...
View Articleneninja on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
All the clinics who put them in must have insurance policies to cover this eventuality. The ladies who have them must have a case under the Sale of Goods act as they were sold a product that did not...
View ArticleMr_Mojo on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
Unless because of medical / reconstructive reasons they were used then no. These women were able to find the money to have them put in because of vanity then they should find the money to have them...
View Articledoctornickriviera on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
No . Should be directed to the service provider... Transform / nuffield etc. most reputible plastic surgeons never used these implants..... If you pay for a cheap boob job u have to wonder why the low...
View ArticleBoardinBob on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
Were children with thalidomide denied NHS treatment because it was someone else's fault?
View Articlegrahamt1980 on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
Thalidomide is not an equivalent example. It was never used as an image enhancer and as such all treatment for that should be and has been covered. The implant treatment carried out for medical reasons...
View ArticleKevevs on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
What's the problem. Surely if someone is ill through no fault of their own, they get treatment. Even if fault of their own, people make themselves ill for all sorts of reasons, they get treatment. It's...
View ArticleKona TC on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
Were children with thalidomide denied NHS treatment because it was someone else's fault?Tut tut rearrange; point I've missed theNumb nuts
View Articlewrecker on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
Well the decision of the French to pay for the removal was always going to have its knockers.
View Articlebravohotel9er on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
To be fair, they're just trying to make the breast of a bad situation
View ArticleNorthwind on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
crikey - Member...and let's not forget, the reason for removal is in case of a potential problem, not to deal with an actual health issueAye, because prevention is famously much worse than cure.
View Articlecrikey on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/health-16444162The trouble in this case is that the prevention involves another anaesthetic and another operation, both of which carry risks. It's not a simple,...
View ArticleM6TTF on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
NHS have said they will pay for implant removal if needed - great, let's further stretch an already underfunded service. What's going to suffer for his extra expense?
View Articleemsz on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
I think these women have had these things put into them, and probably had no real decision about what they were or what alternatives were available. I think that the NHS ones should be done free by...
View Article16stonepig on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
Anyone see that **** of a Paxman-wannabe newsreader on BBC1 just now, giving the NHS Surgeon a hard time about offering to remove privately done implants? Really made my blood boil. And that woman...
View ArticleZulu-Eleven on "PIP boob jobs - should government pay?"
and let's not forget, the reason for removal is in case of a potential problem, not to deal with an actual health issue.I think thats a very god pointIf someone presented do the doctor with a suspected...
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