PIP Breast implants

Firstly not everyone who had them done privately had them done for vanity. Two of my friends are quite concerned at the moment, they had reconstruction after breast cancer and have been told it’s possible they may have had PIP implants. Both were treated under private medical insurance that they had at the time, therefore aren’t covered by the rules for removal by the NHS. They’re waiting to hear what action the hospitals that they were treated at proposes but one thing is for sure, the solution offered may or may not be done at a reduced cost but it is unlikely to be done for free.

For those that did have it done for aesthetic reasons, well they could afford to have them done at the time but can they afford to have them removed? Should there be means testing so that those that can afford it pay for it themselves and those that can’t can have it done under the NHS? Surely means testing goes against what the NHS is supposed to stand for though, i.e. health care for all.

If women are forced to keep implants that may rupture and cause cancer because they can’t afford to have them removed, the cost of the cancer treatment would be far more than the cost of removal. To deny them the opportunity to have them removed and leaving them to worry about their future health would effectively be punishing them for their vanity. That would be cruel.

Not a decision I would want to have to make, especially in the current climate.

you had your moods done then grinch :lol:

Jesus!

I thought our Pip was getting breast implants for a minute!