GP vasectomy service halt 'a devastating blow' for families

BBC ^ | Marie-Louise Connolly

[nickcarraway]

Stephen Camley, 44, has been on a hospital waiting list for a vasectomy since 2019.

Fed up waiting, he contacted his local health trust, who told him the system was at a "standstill" and referred him to the community GP service.

But several weeks ago, he was told that GPs are stopping carrying out vasectomies amid funding cuts - and one of his options was to go private.

GPs are trained to perform vasectomies, to help tackle hospital waiting lists.

They are angry they cannot provide this service, according to the chair of the Northern Ireland GP Committee, Dr Alan Stout.

[BenLurkin]

Should be mandatory for every “immigrant”.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

I was not aware that ANY I surance would cover a vasectomy isn’t that an elective surgery??

[hecticskeptic]

...has been on a hospital waiting list for a vasectomy since 2019.
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Four years for a 10 minute snip? Good grief....

[vpintheak]

Ain’t socialized healthcare grand!?

[babble-on]

Every sperm is sacred

[shotgun]

My insurance covered mine in 1987.

[samkatz]

Not applicable topic so *cut it out!*

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Doesn't Amazon deliver to the UK?

[Liaison]

I guess he does not like to wrap his John thomas.

[silverleaf]

But but the wonderful NHS….

[taxcontrol]

Some insurance plans will cover it but not a reversal. It is less expensive than the cost of a birth ... soooo...

[Seruzawa]

These people overwhelmingly voted for it. Too bad for them. Oh well. Suck it, Mick.

[wally_bert]

I think mine did, that was about 22 years ago.

[Antihero101607]

With how messed up dating is these days a lot of men won’t reach that point where they’ll have to consider a vasectomy.

[maddog55]

Should be sterilization or castration.

[Jan_Sobieski]

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[dfwgator]

Some babies grow in a peculiar way.

[nickcarraway]

This is the U.K. where all healthcare is owned by the government National Health Service.

[nickcarraway]

Merrick Garland is that you?