Rebuilding my body: breast reconstruction in England

This report compiles evidence from Freedom of Information requests conducted by the Breast Cancer Now in 2017. It shows that 47 out of 208 CCGs in England have established policies to restrict reconstruction services for non-clinical reasons. The emerging policies – which have been described by the charity as ' totally unacceptable ' and ' not in the best interest of patients ' – include limiting the number of surgeries women are allowed, enforcing a time-frame on their completion and denying ' balancing surgery ' to the unaffected breast to achieve symmetry with the reconstruction, resulting in widespread variation in care across England
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news