4 Temmuz 2014 Cuma

NHS spends hundreds of thousands on cosmetic surgery operations

Every single week there are 164 nose jobs, 37 liposuction procedures, 22 facelifts and 273 breast reshaping operations getting carried out by the NHS.


Wellness Secretary Jeremy Hunt stated not too long ago that the NHS need to only fund cosmetic surgical treatment when there is a clear clinical want and if someone’s physical and psychological wellness could be at threat without it.


Earlier this 12 months a survey discovered that a quarter of patients who have had cosmetic surgical treatment procedures had lied to safe funding. A lot of claimed to have minimal self-esteem or depression as a result of the way they looked, according to study by a firm of health-related negligence solicitors.


Figures obtained by the Mail present the NHS in 2012-13 carried out 1,137 facelifts – up 111 per cent in a decade. Facelifts expense in between £4,000 and £7,500 every single according to the NHS Alternatives web site, meaning that up to £8.five million was spent on the operations in 2012-13.


The variety of breast enlargements has soared by 145 per cent in a decade to 10,504, costing up to £52.five million.


Several of these will be reconstructions following cancer therapy but the increase far outstrips any rise in breast cancer diagnoses.


The obesity epidemic has also boosted the surgery bill with the amount of liposuction operations in 2012-13 standing at one,926 – up 40 per cent in ten many years.


The value in the most latest year will have been up to £9.six million according to NHS Choices which says the operation expenses in between £1,500 to £5000. There has also been a 39 per cent rise in the number undergoing eyelid surgical procedure to 4,966 – costing up to £19.9 million. This operation is supposed to be carried out when vision is impaired.


And eight,537 nose jobs were carried out in 2013-14 – up 4 per cent and costing £34.one million.


Jonathan Isaby of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “It’s ludicrous that the NHS pays for procedures that are not based mostly on rigid healthcare requirements.”


The figures had been compiled by the Health and Social Care Data Centre for the Daily Mail. It showed that up to £20.three million was spent on breast reduction operations, £5.eight million on tummy tucks and £5.7 million on ear pinning.



NHS spends hundreds of thousands on cosmetic surgery operations

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