Paul Bromley wrote:
> Is anyone else in this situation. We crazily have been forbidden from
> referring anyone on the NHS this year for a vasectomy. I wonder how
> may TOPs and unwanted kids will arise as a consequence of this
> short-sightedness. GPs across the patch all universally condemned the
> decision that was unlikely to save a great deal of money, but we were
> not listened to. A case of being invited to a meeting to discuss, but
> then having the meeting twisted to look as though we were
> rubberstamping all of the cuts. Obviously as you can imagine there are
> no funds for IVF either!
>
Even dafter our practice set up a vasectomy service under PBC and this
has been halted to save a few quid - until the next financial year.
Allan Harris
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