I always thought it was up to where-ever they were purchased from. Part of the purchase was putting them in, so part of the purchase should be about replacing them...
... and the practice's insurance should cover it... if it was done on the NHS, then they should do it, if it was done on BUPA, then they should (etc).

But taking what Chomp said up there, if the risk of replacement is higher than not, then it shouldn't be done at all.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 15:20, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I was referring to people who had them done privately but want the NHS footing the bill

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 15:23, Reply)

I'm not 100% sure the NHS should foot the bill, completely unsure of that, but I'm pretty sure the person who got it done shouldn't.
Everything I'm saying is on the basis of it being safer to replace than to leave them in.... but I think it was the manufacturer's fuck up, they should pay for it.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 15:57, Reply)

PIP no longer exists so that can't happen

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 15:58, Reply)

it's not safer to replace them than to leave them in
because ... here's the thing .. there's not even one tiny bit of evidence they cause harm.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 16:03, Reply)