News and Info on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

We have just received an eight-page missive from our local primary care trust detailing all the procedures and operations which will not now be available on the NHS in our area. These include surgery for varicose veins, haemorrhoids, lipoma, sebaceous cysts, gallstones, carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger finger, plus many others. Neither will they offer physiotherapy ultrasound, spinal fusion for chronic back pain nor infertility investigation and treatment. While none of these conditions is life threatening, they can and do have a major impact on the quality of people’s lives. They were withdrawn by the PCT purely to save money and without any consultation with local people. If these cuts were announced by the Department of Health at national level, there would be an outcry. But because they are being done piecemeal, PCT by PCT, this government manages to hack away at the NHS by stealth. I fear for the future of our health service.

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