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Old 05-14-2007, 04:12 AM
Alastair Alastair is offline
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Hi Rosedee,
I think what you have to realise is that a lot of the procedures that are done in other countries are not done or approved by the UK authorities known as NICE -- -- -- the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, which controls what all doctors are able to do in the UK.

I totally agree that knowledge should have no boundaries, nationwide,and people should join whatever helps them worldwide, but there's a huge amount of information here about American insurance systems, American surgeons, and procedures which are nothing to do with the UK at all, and are not helpful to UK patients. I am hoping that the UK site will be a strong focus and more informative on the UK surgeons and procedures.
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Alastair
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