NHS: Bunion surgery ‘is low priority’

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The Oxford Mail:
Bunion surgery ‘is low priority’

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Interesting.... With 30 years of experience I can honestly say that I have only been approached once to carry out HAV correction by a non-symptomatic person. That was for cosmetic reasons and was refused since I have never carried out surgery for cosmesis. To the best of my knowledge that is also the experience of colleagues; so where are all these asymptomatic bunions clogging up the waiting lists?

Could this be another cynical ploy by managers to reduce costs - they did it very successfully at Stafford!

Bill Liggins

 

Can't see the problem myself really.

If it doesn't hurt, don't fix it.

I wouldn't expect to get a free nose job; I'd like one though, my nose is very bent after a few poor decisions in my younger days.

Similarly I would also have liked to have our IVF treatment funded (circa £5k). But we didn't.

Lifes a bitch sometimes.