Costings for Nipple tattoos done by a nurse or surgeon
Dear NHS England,
I am looking for answers to the following questions.
1. What training requirements will a potential practitioner have to endure before they are considered qualified and capable of providing Nipple or areola tattoos for patients who have lost their Nipple or Areola Complex (NAC).
2. What is the individual cost to the NHS per unilateral nipple Tattoo.
3. What is the individual cost to the NHS per bilateral nipple Tattoos.
4. How many additional Nipple tattoos are available to each patient, once their tattoo fades.
5. How many nipple tattoos were performed throughout the U.K. in the past year.
Yours faithfully,
Lucy Thompson
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“I am looking for answers to the following questions.
1. What training requirements will a potential practitioner have to endure
before they are considered qualified and capable of providing Nipple or
areola tattoos for patients who have lost their Nipple or Areola Complex
(NAC).
2. What is the individual cost to the NHS per unilateral nipple Tattoo.
3. What is the individual cost to the NHS per bilateral nipple Tattoos.
4. How many additional Nipple tattoos are available to each patient, once
their tattoo fades.
5. How many nipple tattoos were performed throughout the U.K. in the past
year.”
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