My post on the person suing NHS was taken down

mental health issues are detectable in the brain

We may use self reported evidence but we also know there are detectable brain changes , chemical imbalances etc

My father passed away this January due to treatment waiting times.

Fact is most people have a story to tell regarding treatment waiting times and the consequences of that no matter what the treatment is for.

It just feels like those awaiting cancer treatment or MH treatment or treatment for gynecological issues do not get the option to sue. We just accept long wait times. However this particular group and in my opinion a group that displays entitled behaviour in most aspects of life are somehow more worthy or deserving so have the support, platform and social media backing in order to portray them as "special or more deserving".

Not sure I have worded this correctly I hope I have sorry if I offend anyone.

My aunt had a brain tumour. Surgery was postponed and postponed - until it was inoperable.

Some people should just shut up.

A 6 year old family member of mine has just been diagnosed with cancer after their GP refused to see them for 4 weeks, not phoning back after the parent filling in the Web forms etc. That is the state the NHS is in right now. There are many things they are doing wrong - this is not one of them.

This seems wildly misjudged and is likely to reduce support for both trans people and the NHS. Every time this sort of story comes up in the Press the comments are full of people asking criticising the NHS for even providing these sorts of services in the first place.

I know two people with very bad painful hernias which affect their everyday life . They have been waiting for years . Same for hip replacements also very painful.

So to say this area is “special” is rubbish .

My dh annual (ha) cardiac review is pending according to the hospital (translation "well we don't have the foggiest notion of when we will be able to book an appointment - but we will let you know")

Depression is based on self reporting symptoms.

Just because healthcare is shit in a lot of specialities doesn't mean folk shouldn't be trying to improve it.

I'm currently saving up to go abroad for surgery I will probably need to wait 4 years for on the NHS so not a stranger to waiting lists.

I joined a waiting list for an op a month ago and was told they have no idea when I will be seen but likely to be at least two years.

Entitled much?

Speechless and furious.

Brest size is treated when it's causing problems

Usually reduction not complete removal

Problems that can be detected and measured such as pain , posture problems

Being trans is a self reported something that isn't an illness or disorder that has nothing measurable about it

It's not about what bit of you the surgery affects , it's the why that matters

Welcome to being a woman! Waiting ages for surgery on your reproductive organs.

I liked the comment underneath the article:

'My self harming, suicidal, Autistic, ADHD daughter is on a two year waiting list to see CAMHS. We have spent thousand on private treatment. If being trans is no longer considered a medical condition then why are services being provided on the NHS? Unless there is trauma or something surely most of it is cosmetic?'

It would stop anyone else moaning that they can't get life improving surgery ahead of people's cancer treatment.

My son has had some struggles with his mental health and when he was at his worst our very sympathetic GP referred him to our local CAMHS but told me they would only see him if he had actually attempted suicide. Funnily enough my reaction wasn’t to sue the NHS which desperately needs more funding in this area.

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About 20 years ago, aged 39, I was provisionally diagnosed with Cancer - either Myeloma or Lymphoma, diagnosis to be confirmed by biopsy. Unfortunately it took an unacceptably long time - 5 months - for the biopsy to happen. I know that the biopsy waiting time was unacceptably long because my GP told me so in no uncertain terms, angry herself at the fact that my case had fallen between two clinics, (apparently a bureaucratic cock-up that could have killed me; Myeloma, particularly, being both a virulent form of cancer and having, at the time, quite terrifying survival rates), apologising profusely and telling me not only that I could, but that I probably should, sue the NHS. Luckily the biopsy came back to tell me that what was attacking me was not Cancer at all, but a pretty rare though still rather vicious autoimmune disease called Sarcoidosis. Did I sue the NHS? No, dear reader, did I buggery.

IT'S THE NHS.

It saves mores lives on less money with the most underappreciated staff than any other healthcare system, and I might have had 9 or 10 months of terror and existential crisis, but thanks to that much maligned (by entitled morons, anyway) organisation I'm still here to be rendered apoplectically speechless with rage at the narcissistic fools who think their essentially cosmetic procedures are more urgent than clearing those same cancer waiting lists.

I'm slowly growing - temporarily - blind at the moment, actually; waiting nearly 2 years for a simple procedure to clear up minor complications after cataract surgery. I'm not, however, enlisting the fragrant Jolyon Maugham to barrack Nottingham Queens Medical Centre on my behalf. I'm patiently waiting (whilst admittedly squinting quite a lot) whilst one of the finest achievements of any socialist government on the planet struggles back up onto its knees after a bloody global pandemic. The narcissistic rage that impels these idiots into women's safe spaces is exactly the same toddler "Me Me Me" that thinks their boob jobs are somehow more urgent than someone else's triple bypass surgery.

Sorry about the rant, but... No, I take that back, I'm not sorry at all. Dangerous bloody morons, the lot of them.

"It's sometimes possible to reduce problems caused by having large breasts without the need for surgery... Breast reduction surgery will usually only be available on the NHS if you have first tried alternative measures."

They mean "have you tried dieting or a better bra". That's all anyone I know who had the surgery was asked. We all had breasts which were a G cup and above and had to get to a healthy BMI minimum.

If breast reduction surgery is being cut back in some areas that's utterly shitty and I would utterly support someone suing for that.

Who else would be entitled to get their breasts removed or enlarged, or cosmetic facial surgery free on the NHS ''just 'cause''?

Breast reduction surgery is available on the NHS. I had breast reduction surgery in my early twenties (before the magic age of 25 when lots of people on here say any kind of surgery like that should be allowed because apparently that's too young to know your own mind) because I had balance problems, back pain and was generally massively unhappy with my shape. Surgery was utterly life changing. The loss of my much vaunted 'perfectly healthy breasts' let me wear normal sized clothes, do exercise, dance without falling over, sleep on my back, and massively positively impacted my confidence. I just checked and waiting lists for breast reduction surgery for the same kind of reasons as mine is still available on the NHS with a slightly shorter waiting time than trans top surgery (as they need to get through the additional hurdle of the gender clinic referral first).

Cosmetic facial surgery is also available on the NHS for things like disfiguring injuries, or tattoos such as swastikas from former bad life choices etc. Actually also really important life affirming stuff.

Trans people are not unique at all in this respect. The NHS has long acknowledged that some surgeries might not be technically life saving but are hugely important and shouldn't be the preserve of the wealthy who can afford private medicine.

Free to pay for it themselves if they're that unhappy with the wait. It's not a necessary or life saving procedure, they can wait like others.

Am I allowed an eye roll ?

But, I thought being trans wasn't a mental illness/medical condition?

I thought it was exactly the same as being gay?

In which case why would the NHS need to get involved at all...?