Women not offered reconstructive surgery Not enough women with breast cancer are being offered reconstructive surgery at the time of their mastectom

Early findings of the National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit, which was commissioned by the Healthcare Commission, found that despite NICE recommendations that reconstructive surgery should be available to all women, just one in ten had accessed it at the time of their mastectomy.Senior Lecturer in health services research at the Royal College of Surgeons…