Surely the NHS is for medical problems

[Kayless]

http://www.express.co...-in-cosmetic-ops-scam
leaving aside the whole immigrant issue, surely cosmetic surgery, IVF etc should not be available anyway. Should the NHS ban all cosmetic surgery for vanity and also IVF, after all there is no shorgage of people. If you want IVF pay privately.

[rowanwitch]

gender reasssignment is not a lifestyle choice...it is a correction of a biological 'error'

Where there is a genuine impact on mental health I think a small amount of intervention is acceptable... birthmark removal.... congenital deformity... breast reduction where there is impact on a persons health due to severe back pain etc

[flip_flop]

I can't get on board with the 'in the wrong body' cobblers - vanity surgery, sex-changes and IVF are not illnesses.

A smoker getting cancer or a fat person getting diabetes are illnesses.

[emmie]

glasman, many people adopted if they couldn't have children, and it's time we put that squarely back on the agenda, seeing how many children are languishing in the care system

[flip_flop]

They can have children glasman - they can adopt.

[glasman]

Having one's own children as opposed to raising somebody else's 'misconception' ? What do you think?

[emmie]

glasman, what a daft thing to say, misconception, children are in care for myriad reasons, not just because someone decided they didn't fancy the job of raising their own child. It could be death of the parent/s, physical/mental illness, and so forth. From what i understand there are over 65,000 children
sitting waiting for fostering, adoption, and more than half the battle is now social services. Seeing as how two London councils, ours and another local one have adverts for adoptions, but only apply if you are black or Asian.