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SKINT hospitals are spurning women desperate for varicose vein ops ? after deeming it needless surgery for the VAIN.
The shock clampdown by NHS trusts battling to save cash emerged yesterday as private clinics reported a surge in patients paying up to ?3,000 to get their unsightly legs fixed.
Cosmetic surgery provider Transform saw inquiries about the procedure rocket by 55 per cent last year ? as trusts across England axed ops on swollen and enlarged veins except for sufferers in pain or severe distress.
Hospitals in Worcestershire, Essex and London are among those refusing to cure the problem just for ?cosmetic? reasons ? even if patients have been referred by their GPs.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4763810/NHS-scraps-varicose-vein-ops-to-save-cash.html
The shock clampdown by NHS trusts battling to save cash emerged yesterday as private clinics reported a surge in patients paying up to ?3,000 to get their unsightly legs fixed.
Cosmetic surgery provider Transform saw inquiries about the procedure rocket by 55 per cent last year ? as trusts across England axed ops on swollen and enlarged veins except for sufferers in pain or severe distress.
Hospitals in Worcestershire, Essex and London are among those refusing to cure the problem just for ?cosmetic? reasons ? even if patients have been referred by their GPs.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4763810/NHS-scraps-varicose-vein-ops-to-save-cash.html