Giving the tonsil op the chop
Updated on 08 July 2009
The chief medical officer says operations such as tonsillectomies are outdated interventions. More4 News investigates why "unnecessary" NHS procedures may be continuing.
Have you had your tonsils out?
The operation used to be widespread among children, and it is still one of the NHS's most common procedures.
Yet the chief medical officer has cited tonsillectomies as an example of the kind of outdated intervention that is often performed unnecessarily.
So why hasn't the op been given the chop?
Helene Cacace reports for More4 News.
