NHS wont pay for toddler to walk again

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Poor thing, They won't pay for his legs but they will pay for cosmetic surgery for people and all sorts. Pathetic.

And yet smokers get all the treatment they need?!!!!!

And bariatric surgery and transplants for drinkers and IVF and Viagra, beans.

If you're going to go there.

Tragic though I think this case is, I don't think it's very fair to blame smokers.
Agree with expat on this one - lots and lots of us don't 'deserve' treatment when it boils down to it.

Leave the smokers out of it, beany.

Do they do prosthetic limbs for children as young as Harvey? It's not entirely clear in the report (or I'm missing it).

The point is though is that this boy does deserve treatment and isn't getting it

They don't do them for children as young as this lad. It says the NHS provides limbs for older children and adults.

"The NHS has legs for adults and older kids, but not children Harvey?s age, so his parents must buy expensive ones privately."

Ok, mustn't comment on the fact that smoking related diseases are anything to do with smoking!!!

I don't think we should create a moral framework of "need" as the basis of treatment, but the NHS does throw up some odd decisions sometimes.

But if there are expensive ones that can be gotten privatly why not get him the expensive ones on the NHS

But regardless of your personal dislike of smoking, the tax on a packet of fags is astronomical. One would assume that at least a proportion of this is re-distributed towards the NHS.

From the report, I'm still not clear whether anyone does prosthetic limbs for children as young as Harvey. In which case, it isn't a question of the NHS not paying for it ... but being unable.

errrrr, because the NHS has a finite amount of resources ?

desiderata it says that the family will have to pay for the limbs to be made privately for him.

Did you read the article ?!

Ahh, poor smokers.

Then why not take the money from elsewhere. Maybe a few women don't get IVF for instance

..because the NHS has a finite pot of money and must make difficult decisions, particularly when it comes to providing non-standard treatment.
Prosthetic legs for a baby/toddler or new cancer treatment for a mum of 3?
It is not Nork enhancement for a WAG vs Harvey's legs.
Nor, as the sun readers who have commented seem to believe is it immigrants benefit claim vs harvey's legs.

Well put, Tigana.

inappropriate @ 'norks vs legs'

Sun readers rise to the occasion, as always!!

Quick, everyone ignore Fio.

Fio ?

But they give instant treatment to suicide bombers!!!!!!!!!