To think it's pretty selfish to be going for n NHS breast reduction right now?

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Is this really essential surgery for a perfectly healthy person?

Oh, it's you.

Yes definitely essential

My poor friend had such huge boobs they caused to many problems that she did have a breast reduction in NHS.

It was not fun. It was quite a recovery snd it was very, very painful

Her breast were causing her to stoop, neck snd back pain, debilitating headaches and apparently horrid rashes right underneath.

So YABU to think it’s just a whim type of surgery and can just continue to be postponed.

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Ok bad example. Seems pretty unanimous.

How about a nose job or a breast enhancement then for mental health reasons then? Are these essential?

If they are NHS funded then there will be a good reason.

Mental health is not somehow less important or valid than physical health.

YABVU

They are very hard to get on the NHS so she must be in a lot of pain.

OP just read your last post.

Is this a hypothetical question then?

Or is it about someone you know?

You seem to have no idea how hard it is to get 'cosmetic' procedures on the NHS. Incidentally things like improving the appearance of facial burns count as cosmetic.

What is the point of your questions?

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Ok bad example. Seems pretty unanimous.

How about a nose job or a breast enhancement then for mental health reasons then? Are these essential?

It’s irrelevant what the procedure is. You can’t just walk into a hospital and ask for surgery, so any procedure being done will have been deemed to be important by the ones qualified to make the decision.

Is it selfish for people to have life saving surgery for lifestyle related conditions?

Who are we to judge what makes someone's quality of life worth living.

If the NHS are offering treatment, then whether this is the right decision or not in terms of capacity is on them, not on the person accepting the treatment.
Do you think she has physically forced her way to the front of a queue, elbowing sicker people out of the way?
And what do you think an unselfish person would do? Write to the surgeon to advise them their time would be better spent treating someone else?
I can imagine how they'd appreciate being told how to prioritise their workload.

It's totally fine. Wishing a swift recovery to the person you're bitching about and hope she loves the outcome :)

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Ok bad example. Seems pretty unanimous.

How about a nose job or a breast enhancement then for mental health reasons then? Are these essential?

It doesn't take much to think of why a nose job would be essential.

Let's say you have fled domestic violence, and your husband punched you so hard, it broke your nose and miss-shapen it.
Whilst you may be still be able to breathe, the violence you have suffered is clear for everyone to see. Maybe, just maybe, correcting her nose will improve the mental health of this patient and is very essential for her road to recovery.

Despite what the daily mail tells you, or your mate John down the pub, nobody gets non-essential cosmetic surgery for free on the NHS and they can be essential.

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Ok bad example. Seems pretty unanimous.

How about a nose job or a breast enhancement then for mental health reasons then? Are these essential?

The type of surgery is wholly irrelevant. The decision on when to operate on anyone on the NHS is down to the treating clinicians and the Trust management not the patient. (Well, patients can turn down treatment of course but they can't insist upon it. )Trusts will not be sending for elective surgery patients if they do not have capacity to perform those procedures. It is not wrong, or selfish to accept an appointment you have been offered whatever it is for. If, on the day it transpires that there is a bed shortage because of emergency admissions or the staff need to be redeployed elsewhere, then operations will be cancelled, starting with the least clinically urgent. Planned care will only go ahead if emergency and urgent cases allow. If someone turns down a date for surgery then they get replaced by the next person on the list - probably for a similar procedure. Last minute cancellations when another patient can't be found on time just waste theatre time so not only don't help the situation, they make it worse. It would be selfish to insist on a non urgent procedure when there was no capacity, that's true, but since patients don't actually have the ability to do that, it's a moot point.

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Ok bad example. Seems pretty unanimous.

How about a nose job or a breast enhancement then for mental health reasons then? Are these essential?

I assumed from post no 1 that it was YOU having the breast reduction and seeking reassurance.

Apparently not.

In fact there's something in our local papers and/or social media every week or so from our local Trust apologising for reduction in routine services but saying that if you do get an appointment please keep it. It means that your case has been reviewed and your clinician does want to see you so please come.
I'm sure the same kind of message us going out all over the country.

FFS, I’m going to take a wild guess that the medical team has better insight into this situation than random internet strangers answering a theoretical question so OP can write a “news” article.

Goady Fucker aren't you OP??