Breast implants - criteria for NHS funding
- breast implants - can this procedure be funded on the NHS?
- majority of women who have breast implants pay to have the operation performed on a private basis
- currently, in the UK, the average cost of a breast implant procedure is around £4,000
- to have breast implants funded via the NHS, the appearance of the woman's breasts needs to be causing significant psychological distress. Possible reasons for significant distress may be due to:
- severe underdevelopment
- a congenital abnormality, or
- very unevenly sized breasts
- availability of NHS funded implants may also depend on local primary care trust (PCT) and the amount of funding that they allocate for breast implant procedures
- majority of women who have breast implants pay to have the operation performed on a private basis
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