Ok jno, as you wish. Should Cosmetic surgery for vanity.....

[R1Geezer]

and sex change operations be paid for by the NHS?

[ummmm]

Can anyone answer this?

No...

[sandyRoe]

It it improves the quality of life of whoever receives the surgery then yes.

[boxtops]

No, the NHS can't afford it. Seriously, it can't.

[woofgang]

No, neither should fertility treatment for otherwise healthy individuals

[woofgang]

or tattoo removal or cosmetic surgery correction where the problem is not disabling or life threatening

[cazzz1975]

it depends what vanity issues we are dealing with here, a child disfigured by a dog should be paid for, a woman who wants her chin to look less flabby shouldnt in my opinion..

[boxtops]

Woofgang, I do agree on that one - I know it's contentious, but it seems invidious when people who have a child already ask for treatment for another. In my time - not everyone could conceive, and in time we learned to live with it, you learn to direct your energies in other directions.

[R1Geezer]

it's a very simple question ummmm!

No NHS should not pay for IVF or tatoo removal either. The NHS should pay for needed medical procedures not lifestyle choices or the reversal of such.

[woofgang]

cazzz the question is about vanity, not disabling disfigurement

[society]

No

[ummmm]

That's not vanity though cazzz....that's corrective.

[R1Geezer]

accidental damage repair is not vanity cazz, .

[ummmm]

Yes R1...but you addressed it to jno..

[cazzz1975]

fair enough, I dont think the NHS should fund vanity surgery, it is cash strapped enough and that goes for IVF as well.

tattoos are a personal choice, if people then want them removed they should fund that themselves

[R1Geezer]

no I did not ummm, I was responding to a request from jno to ask a separate question.

[ummmm]

Well I didn't see that request...

[woofgang]

I find this amazing. last time I posted that opinion (about IVF) I got no agreement and plenty of abuse.

[ummmm]

I'm on the fence about IVF...

[society]

Put your glasses on before venturing in here. ;-)

Happy New Year! x

[Sqad]

We train our surgeons in the NHS to perform operations and then they can either stay in the NHS, go abroad, or go into Private Practice.

If we didnt train them to do cosmetic surgery in the NHS as juniors, then the UK would be inadequately training our future cosmetic surgeons.
This may lead these prospective surgeons to go elsewhere for their training and the NHS would collapse.