Women affected by the recent health scare involving breast implants have been told that they can have them removed for nothing at private hospitals, after health insurance companies decided to follow the NHS’ example. The government recently announced that women who had been fitted with the controversial PIP implants as part of breast reconstruction surgery would be able to have them removed and replaced with safer models for free at their local NHS hospital.
Private health companies and the NHS had been at loggerheads over who was responsible for footing the bill for the nearly 40,000 surgeries that would be needed to ensure that all of the offending implants were removed.
Following the recent announcement that the NHS would cover the costs related to those procedures that were carried out on breast cancer patients, many private hospitals and insurance companies have followed suit and agreed that women who had the implants fitted at one of their clinics can have them removed free of charge.
Less than 5% of the women affected by the faulty implants, which were filled with the wrong kind of silicone, will be covered by the NHS promise, leaving the private healthcare industry with a hefty bill to pay.
However, many private healthcare companies have already made statements to the press offering various free services to women affected by the scandal. BMI has promised to pay the full costs of having the implants removed and new, safer ones fitted while Nuffield has agreed that it will carry out the procedures on their patients, if the surgery is found to be both necessary and safe.
Finally, Transform, the UK’s largest plastic surgery company, has pledged that its doctors will be providing both advice and surgical procedures to its patients free of charge. A spokesman for the Department of Health welcomed the commitment shown by private medical providers.
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