Surgeons say patients in some parts of England have spent months waiting in pain because of delayed operations or new restrictions on who qualifies for treatment...
...Surgeons have described the delays faced by patients as "devastating and cruel". Peter Kay, the president of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), says they've become increasingly frustrated that hip and knee replacements are being targeted as a way of finding savings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12964360
Remember when we had all those "back alley abortions" the pro-abortion crowd is always telling us about (it's not true, but that's another thread)? I wonder if this means we're going to have "back alley knee replacements".