NHS Treatment

Just reading a story that 6 people in the North East have had to have emergency treatment through A&E for a serious reaction to fake Botox injections..Obviously these cases should recieve the help they need but here's the question, Should they now pay the NHS for it. Your Opinions please, I know some will include sport as a self inflicted injury...what do you all think...

 

To an extent I agree but then should alcoholics have to pay for treatment or druggies pay for treatment after an overdose?

 

Opening up a can of worms there asking if issues raising from private surgery should be covered on the NHS.

 

where do you stop? Smoking, drinking Alcohol both cost the NHS billions.

 

Whilst I see where you're coming from, it's a simple no from me. By paying for anything at the point of use, it's the thin end of the edge and before you know it we have Trump's* NHS, pay before you die, it's all about the profit.

(* Or any other evil lovely person)


EDIT:
Perhaps the people supplying the fake Botox should have the assets ceased and the money distributed to the tax office and NHS

 

I was actually undecided but yes there are loads of self inflicted injuries that cost millions. I kno someone who had treatment after Turkey teeth...same vein I suppose..

 

It’s hardly self inflicted is it? Had they been injected with regular Botox they wouldn’t need NHS treatment.

The responsibility lies solely with those selling, purchasing, and injecting products they’ve purchased on the black market to try and maximise profits.

 

Short answer to the OP is no.
Everyone is entitled to free treatment it’s the whole point of the NHS and what sets us aside.
Secondly where does it stop, obesity is thought to be the biggest threat(cost wise) to the NHS in years to come, that is self inflicted.

 

The patients shouldn't have to pay. They paid for a treatment - we can argue about the relative cosmetic benefits separately - but they were mis-sold something that wasn't what they paid for. The person/people they paid for the treatment should be investigated and potentially be pursued for fines equivalent to the cost of the treatment plus expenses - and indeed potentially criminal charges for assault.

 

I was referring to all the reasons mentioned not just this specific incident..

 

Not to mention driving round in cars, walking across the street...

 

My issue is not so much charging / not charging but the loss of medical talent to the vanity industry.
The daughter of a family friend was supposed to be the next big thing in the medical world. Flew through Med school, honours degree, Masters; year as a Junior GP, year as a Junior doc; she was deemed consultant material at 25. Now 26, runs her own 'Body Shop'; tummy tucks, weight loss, new smiles, products to slow down ageing, breasticle enhancements. The value she added to the NHS, and 'proper' medicine is lost to the Vanity industry.

 

I developed a serious eating disorder in my early twenties after being quite overweight as a teenager. I was desperate to get rid of my man boobs to the point where I was extremely thin but still had them. You see, mine weren’t as a result of excess fat or skin, they were actual breast tissue. At the time I wasn’t aware that males that are overweight during puberty produce extra estrogen that often results in gynecomastia (man boobs).

I twice attempted to get the surgery on the NHS and was refused, despite the serious impact it had on my physical and mental health. In the end I paid for the surgery privately and it’s the best thing I ever did.

Thank god for that so called vanity industry eh?!

 

There's a place for it, don't get me wrong; but there has to be a balance.

 

Eating ***** processed food and obesity cost the NHS more than smoking.

 

All taxpayers are contributing to the GDP.
Almost 11% of GDP in the UK goes on Healthcare.

The NHS is not 'free.'

 

I don't think anyone is suggesting it is, but the majority feel it should be 'free at the point of use'

 

Maybe pay Drs correctly and we don’t lose them

 

Self inflicted or not they will have paid for the NHS via NI. I wonder if these women realise how awful they look with fat lips.

 

Lets privatise the NHS. That will then cover all of these eventualities.