The NHS may have to stop funding some surgical procedures to save money as bosses bid for additional funding. If the health service cuts down on 13 elective surgeries and "wasteful" spending to save money could save up to £2 billion.
The proposed cuts fit into a wider debate within the Government as it tries to find cash for its fiscal "black hole". NHS chiefs, with assistance from senior medics at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, have drawn up the list.
They advise that operations specified in the draft guidance should lose routine funding. These include procedures like liposuction and tummy tucks and corrective surgeries such as congenital breast asymmetry and male gynecomastia.
