Josie Cunningham is wow proud of the 36DD taxpayer-funded implants and now hopes to make a career out of showing them off. The criteria required for breast augmentation include suffering from certain rare syndromes, severe asymmetry (more than two cup sizes difference), or lumpectomy that results in deformity. Rare cases, however, such as Ms Cunningham's, have to be go through the Individual Funding Request process, in which each case is decided upon its individual merits.
An aspiring glamour model had her breasts enlarged to size 36DD on the NHS, it emerged. The surgery to 22-year-old Josie Cunningham, cost taxpayers £4,800.Model's £4,800 breast operatiom and you foot the bill: Outrage as the NHS provides 36DD implants. Josie Cunningham, from Leeds, told GP being flat-chested ruined her life. GP agreed she suffered emotional distress so let her have surgery on NHS. Critics slam it was 'outrageous waste of public money' in time of cuts.
She convinced doctors to operate by claiming her flat chest was ‘ruining her life’ and causing emotional distress. But last night critics were appalled at the decision, branding it a waste of taxpayers’ cash. Under NHS guidelines, cosmetic surgery should be funded only in rare circumstances ‘to protect a person’s health’. Miss Cunningham, who works in telesales, says her new breasts have given her the ‘confidence’ she needs to pursue her dream of topless modelling. She hopes to emulate former Page 3 girl Katie Price. The unmarried mother, from Leeds, plans to leave her children Harley, five, and Frankie, two, with her parents while she chases her dream. She told Erica Fashion saying ‘My new boobs have changed my life. Now I can’t wait to do topless and swimsuit photo shoots and become the new Katie Price.’
Josie Cunningham said to Erica fashion she was assigned to Leeds Primary Care Trust, also known as NHS Leeds, offers a list of cosmetic procedures that may be available on its website. They include breast augmentation, breast reduction, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), and rhytidectomy (wrinkle removal including face lift).Cosmetic procedures are not normally done on the NHS unless doctors decide there is a clinical need. This decision is taken at a local level, by the Primary Care Trust (PCT), on the basis of reports submitted by a patient's doctors. PCTs set their own criteria according to what, in their view, are the health needs of the local community.
For cosmetic surgery, the usual protocol is that the PCT must decide there is some kind of clinical, ie health, need for the operation to be funded on the NHS.Her operation, at St James’s Hospital in Leeds, was recommended by her GP before being approved by her local Primary Care Trust. But health bosses were unable to say yesterday why such an enormous cleavage was necessary for Miss Cunningham’s wellbeing. Matthew Sinclair, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said ‘This is an outrageous waste of NHS money and taxpayers will be appalled that they are having to foot the bill. Josie Cunningham, 22,
said being a 32A, left, was ruining her life, but now she is a 36DD,right, she is happy ‘People expect scarce NHS resources to be used to help people with serious medical needs, not to subsidise anyone who fancies a career as a glamour model.’ It is understood Miss Cunningham, previously a 32A, went to her GP with a ‘congenital medical condition’ which left her with no breast tissue. She said she ‘lived in terror’ of being seen in a bikini and did not feel comfortable venturing out without a padded bra. It is understood Miss Cunningham, previously a 32A, went to her GP with a ¿congenital medical condition¿ which left her with no breast tissue. ‘I was never depressed about my flat chest,’ Miss Cunningham admitted. ‘I just got emotional when I was explaining to my GP that I felt I couldn’t live a full life the way I was – and he agreed to refer me.
Josie Cunningham said to the fashion house ‘they gave me a top surgeon. He said he’d have to give me 36DD implants just to achieve the appearance of a 36C, because there was literally nothing there in the first place. ’The NHS usually pays for cosmetic surgery only when it is considered necessary for health reasons. For instance it will fund breast reduction if the weight of the woman’s breasts is causing her back problems. However, the criteria for breast enhancement are decided by each local health trust, with no national guidelines available.In Leeds, it can be granted if the woman suffers from developmental failure, or if she has had a mastectomy or lumpectomy.
It can also be granted for women with asymmetric breasts. However, it is unclear whether there is a limit on how big the implants should be. NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds said it could not comment on individual cases but added:
‘Erica Fashion would like to clarify that cosmetic surgery is not routinely funded by the NHS. ’The decision in Miss Cunningham’s case would have been made by a panel including clinicians, it said the Department of Health said ‘It is up to the local NHS to decide what treatments to provide but any NHS treatment needs to be clinically justified.’ Model Josie defends her position on ITV's
Glamorous career ahead: Miss Cunningham hopes to follow in the footsteps of her idol, Katie Price. So the procedure took place at St James' Hospital in Leeds where Miss Cunningham had her £4,800 surgery to enlarge her chest by implants. Cosmetic surgery is provided by the NHS only if there is a clinical need. Simply wanting to look nicer in itself is not reason enough. It says these may be available 'providing certain criteria can be met', and lists the criteria.
Josie Cunningham is wow proud of the 36DD taxpayer-funded implants and now hopes to make a career out of showing them off. The criteria required for breast augmentation include suffering from certain rare syndromes, severe asymmetry (more than two cup sizes difference), or lumpectomy that results in deformity. Rare cases, however, such as Ms Cunningham's, have to be go through the Individual Funding Request process, in which each case is decided upon its individual merits.
An aspiring glamour model had her breasts enlarged to size 36DD on the NHS, it emerged. The surgery to 22-year-old Josie Cunningham, cost taxpayers £4,800.Model's £4,800 breast operatiom and you foot the bill: Outrage as the NHS provides 36DD implants. Josie Cunningham, from Leeds, told GP being flat-chested ruined her life. GP agreed she suffered emotional distress so let her have surgery on NHS. Critics slam it was 'outrageous waste of public money' in time of cuts.
She convinced doctors to operate by claiming her flat chest was ‘ruining her life’ and causing emotional distress. But last night critics were appalled at the decision, branding it a waste of taxpayers’ cash. Under NHS guidelines, cosmetic surgery should be funded only in rare circumstances ‘to protect a person’s health’. Miss Cunningham, who works in telesales, says her new breasts have given her the ‘confidence’ she needs to pursue her dream of topless modelling. She hopes to emulate former Page 3 girl Katie Price. The unmarried mother, from Leeds, plans to leave her children Harley, five, and Frankie, two, with her parents while she chases her dream. She told Erica Fashion saying ‘My new boobs have changed my life. Now I can’t wait to do topless and swimsuit photo shoots and become the new Katie Price.’
Josie Cunningham said to Erica fashion she was assigned to Leeds Primary Care Trust, also known as NHS Leeds, offers a list of cosmetic procedures that may be available on its website. They include breast augmentation, breast reduction, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), and rhytidectomy (wrinkle removal including face lift).Cosmetic procedures are not normally done on the NHS unless doctors decide there is a clinical need. This decision is taken at a local level, by the Primary Care Trust (PCT), on the basis of reports submitted by a patient's doctors. PCTs set their own criteria according to what, in their view, are the health needs of the local community.
For cosmetic surgery, the usual protocol is that the PCT must decide there is some kind of clinical, ie health, need for the operation to be funded on the NHS.Her operation, at St James’s Hospital in Leeds, was recommended by her GP before being approved by her local Primary Care Trust. But health bosses were unable to say yesterday why such an enormous cleavage was necessary for Miss Cunningham’s wellbeing. Matthew Sinclair, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said ‘This is an outrageous waste of NHS money and taxpayers will be appalled that they are having to foot the bill. Josie Cunningham, 22,
said being a 32A, left, was ruining her life, but now she is a 36DD,right, she is happy ‘People expect scarce NHS resources to be used to help people with serious medical needs, not to subsidise anyone who fancies a career as a glamour model.’ It is understood Miss Cunningham, previously a 32A, went to her GP with a ‘congenital medical condition’ which left her with no breast tissue. She said she ‘lived in terror’ of being seen in a bikini and did not feel comfortable venturing out without a padded bra. It is understood Miss Cunningham, previously a 32A, went to her GP with a ¿congenital medical condition¿ which left her with no breast tissue. ‘I was never depressed about my flat chest,’ Miss Cunningham admitted. ‘I just got emotional when I was explaining to my GP that I felt I couldn’t live a full life the way I was – and he agreed to refer me. 
It can also be granted for women with asymmetric breasts. However, it is unclear whether there is a limit on how big the implants should be. NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds said it could not comment on individual cases but added:
‘Erica Fashion would like to clarify that cosmetic surgery is not routinely funded by the NHS. ’The decision in Miss Cunningham’s case would have been made by a panel including clinicians, it said the Department of Health said ‘It is up to the local NHS to decide what treatments to provide but any NHS treatment needs to be clinically justified.’ Model Josie defends her position on ITV's Glamorous career ahead: Miss Cunningham hopes to follow in the footsteps of her idol, Katie Price. So the procedure took place at St James' Hospital in Leeds where Miss Cunningham had her £4,800 surgery to enlarge her chest by implants. Cosmetic surgery is provided by the NHS only if there is a clinical need. Simply wanting to look nicer in itself is not reason enough. It says these may be available 'providing certain criteria can be met', and lists the criteria.
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