I have contacted a doctor in Kent who has expressed some interest in NA. I am awaiting a reply. I have also written to a surgeon in my home town who performs a 'simple fasciotomy' on certain of his patients who would not be able to cope with full blown surgery.
Anyone in the UK who feels that they could try to interest surgeons in their area in the NA treatment please go for it.
If there is anyone doing anything less invasive than full surgery then they must have the interests of their patients at heart. To find out if anyone in your area is using the less invasive 'needle fasciotomy', contact your local PCT. These practitioners may never have heard of 'needle aponeurotomy' and it needs someone to inform them. It will only need one person to be interested enough to go to Paris for training to set things going. This is what happend in the USA and now there are 8 practitioners of NA.
Come on folks, give it a go. What have we got to lose. Everthing has to start from somewhere.
Marjorie

Wolfgang,
Thanks for that. I am quite surprised to hear that someone in the UK is practicing NA. The British Society for Surgery of the Hand say that no-one in the UK is registered for NA. What we do have is certain surgeons practicing 'simple fasciotomy' which is cutting the cord through several small cuts in the hand. I do hope you are correct as there are many people living within easy reach of London who would benefit from NA.
Marjorie

Wolfgang,
I hope that you are correct that someone at the Royal London is doing NA. I am not sure what you mean about the NHS paying for it. The Royal London is an NHS hospital so no-one should have to pay. I have emailed the hospital for information but no reply so far.
Marjorie

Sara, unfortunately we still don't know the name of the doctor who provided NA at Royal London Hospital. I talked to the patient's husband recently and he told me that he first wants to get the doctor's approval to forward his name. Let's see. In any case his wife had intended to go to Paris and mentioned that to the UK doctor and then the doctor offered to do it himself. He then successfully did NA.

Wolfgang

Marjorie
The doctor in Kent may well be waiting to se the results of Dr Badois´ treatment on my friend´s hands. As I have just received a postcard from Paris reporting success on one hand (even though after surgery) maybe maybe this will trigger something off?...... Will report more when know how other hand went. Not seen results myself.