Jeffrey Shaw Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Harley Medical Group do make a good argument (BBC), although it doesn't sit well that they were happy to put them in but unwilling to take them out. "We're only sitting here today because the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), [the government's] own regulatory authority, has approved these implants and obviously hasn't done their proper checking." I imagine that it originated with the Company's professional indemnity insurer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 By 'Cameron', you mean HM Government. By 'HM Government', you mean taxpayers. If a patient received defective treatment, there's a very easy solution: damages for breach of contract. Yes, the problem seems to be that Rampent doesn't have a clue what he's trying to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Wales announced last night that the NHS would do all 4000 operations, but that would include replacement - not just removal. But the patients would have to be registered with an NHS doctor and made every effort to try and get their original private installer to do it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 The NHS is picking up the tab for replacing up to fourteen thousand patients (presumably 28000 implants) treated by the Harley Medical Group, who claim inability to carry out the operations. Thanks NHS. Which just shows why it should be kept out of private hands. There was a poster on SF a while ago arguing that the NHS should be privatised. Well if this is how private health care providers behave then thank God it hasn't been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Which just shows why it should be kept out of private hands. There was a poster on SF a while ago arguing that the NHS should be privatised. Well if this is how private health care providers behave then thank God it hasn't been. Yes. Harley Medical Group is in turn blaming the government for licencing the suspect implants for use. If they had to pay for the removals/replacements themselves, then they would go bankrupt (they say). Are they not insured against this kind of thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 It demonstrates that the NHS screws up, waits for something to go wrong and then throws cash at a problem instead of planning and procuring properly in first place. As for the private provider, they appear to have not planned properly either which in turn shows that the legal framework that they act under is wrong. Neither situation "just shows why it should be kept out of private hands". If anything it shows that the opposite is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Typical miss-management,and at such a cost. The Goverment will need to sort it out,and investigate the whole set-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Which just shows why it should be kept out of private hands. There was a poster on SF a while ago arguing that the NHS should be privatised. Well if this is how private health care providers behave then thank God it hasn't been. Why what exactly should be kept out of private hands? Cosmetic surgery? There is obviously a demand for it, are you suggesting that demand be met by the NHS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 An anagram of David Cameron is "A Man Divorced" ......... from reality I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 It demonstrates that the NHS screws up, waits for something to go wrong and then throws cash at a problem instead of planning and procuring properly in first place. Which other countries with any form of national regulation of medical appliances rejected the implants as unsafe? Did any one institution or organisation in this or any other country see what the NHS failed to see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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