NHS and its attitude towards implant surgery.

[Worried Guy]

I will start by saying that I do not need an implant at the moment and I hope not to ever have to.  However, I understand there must be thousands of men in the UK who may benefit from one and who can tell what the future holds for me.

The official policy is that penile implants are not usually available on the NHS.  However, I know this not to be true as have asked my uro who says that they do offer implants on the NHS.  Why the confusion?  After a little research it seems that implants can be gained on the NHS but only after a board has decided an individuals case.  Implants are a proven technology and have been available for 30 years so why after all other options have failed do they not offer implants automatically.  

Could it be cost?  I don't believe so.  The NHS will pay for gender reassignment operations which may involve a penile implant with a female to male operation.  Total cost to the NHS for hormone treatment, facial feminisation/masculinisation and genital surgery is £40,000.  

Women are allowed breast implants on the NHS if their current situation is causing them anxiety.  For example uneven breast development with one larger than the other or lack of breast development.  

Now does a mans penis not functioning cause him any less anxiety than a women developing uneven breasts?  I don't understand how they come to decide who is allowed what.

[jcb]

The Doc I am seeing tells me that most insurance companies here in the US will not cover the implant for Peyronies, but will cover it for ED. Have not it done yet, but am leaning in that direction. He says the total cost is about $15K.

[jackp]

I don't know where your doc got his information. With a proper diagnostic code most insurance in the US will cover an implant.

The normal cost for uninsured starts around $20,000 including doctors and hospital.

Jackp
http://jackp-penileimplant.blogspot.com/

[onlyone]

Hello Worried guy. There was a TV program on women having breast corrections of various types on the NHS, Some women who were lopsided were not offered surgical correction even though they could be clearly seen as lopsided, it seems that the surgeon on the program had a criteria of severe lopsidedness and distress before he did anything. I agree with you  that not getting it to work is 'severe'  but NHS surgeons may be prioritizing funds to the 'severest'  they  get to see. but we don't know what  span of patients they get . I would say not getting it up is a 10 out of 10 priority.
regards, onlyone.  

[disaster area]

I hadn't thought of it that way before, now it makes more sense. The current attention on gender changing as a fad, surley this is not as necessary as being normal. I posted before as onlyone, and have a different view now that things are not working as well as they one did. I would not  want an implant, provided I could still climax, but I am sure to many others it is very important. I understand that.
I think the specialists in the NHS just want you to go away, and if they procrastinate long enough, you do. Perhaps a soldering iron to their dicks would focus their attention.  Maybe they have a fixed budget (almost certain) and do the life threatening urologic cases first ,then there is ...no money.  --- unless you go private.   I  think they also mess you around just so they can make you do that and they cash in. In other words, they are good at it , but only for the money., the £150,000 to £200,000 a year fee from the NHS is clearly not enough for them.