NHS Spends £7,500 on 'Porn Room'

Hermiod · July 26 2010, 10:59 AM

...so Taxpayers Alliance and The Sun complains:

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust has incurred the wrath of the Sun by spunking £7,500 on a "special room" kitted out to help chaps deliver vital supplies of man oysters.

The trust's fertility centre shared the cost of "computer equipment worth £4,625, flat screen TVs costing £2,225 - plus £500 of blue movies" with private outfit North West Fertility.

(You'll have to excuse The Register's irreverent writing style.)

Hmmmm, problems with this. First, the cost was shared with a private clinic. Second, what's £7,500 compared to the tens of millions of pounds the NHS spends on giving away entirely unnecessary IVF treatment for free ?

Miss Chicken · July 26 2010, 11:15 AM

I can't see too much wrong with it. It isn't a huge amount of money by any means and I think that men would find it more enjoyable to wank off watching a movie than reading a magazine.

Hermiod · July 26 2010, 11:32 AM

Given the quality of the magazines they use, I wouldn't be surprised if they hindered the process more than anything else.

Deckerd · July 26 2010, 11:52 AM

Miss Chicken wrote:

I can't see too ,uch wrong with it. It isn't a huge amount og moey nby anymeans and I think that men would find it more enjoyable to wank off watching a movie than read a magazine.

Have you been drinking?

Miss Chicken · July 26 2010, 12:32 PM

No, I was just talking to my best friend on the phone while typing.

Deckerd · July 26 2010, 12:33 PM

Ah, the one-handed, not-looking typing method. Know it well.

SicOne · July 26 2010, 03:58 PM

^ The one that usually accompanies the fap-fap-fap sound...

LitmusDragon · July 26 2010, 05:20 PM

Rii · July 27 2010, 12:20 AM

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sojourner · July 27 2010, 12:37 AM

Wouldn't free wifi have been cheaper?

M'Sharak · July 27 2010, 03:02 AM

Hermiod wrote:

(You'll have to excuse The Register's irreverent writing style.)

I usually rather enjoy The Register's irreverent writing style. I find it impedes their ability to report the pertinent details not at all.

Hermiod · July 27 2010, 06:59 AM

M'Sharak wrote:

Hermiod wrote:

(You'll have to excuse The Register's irreverent writing style.)

I usually rather enjoy The Register's irreverent writing style. I find it impedes their ability to report the pertinent details not at all.

I'm not saying it's bad, just maybe a little different to how most organisations would report news.

RJDiogenes · July 27 2010, 09:55 AM

So can anybody stop by and make a donation?

Hermiod · July 27 2010, 10:04 AM

RJDiogenes wrote:

So can anybody stop by and make a donation?

Answering your non-serious question seriously, no - the clinic is for couples undergoing IVF treatment.

One thing I never got, why does the guy have to go in some cubicle on his own ? Is there any reason why the potential mother of his child can't, you know, 'help' ?

RJDiogenes · July 27 2010, 10:10 AM

That's what made me ask, actually. I always thought "aids" were for donors, not couples.

July 26 2010, 11:15 AM	#2
Miss Chicken Little three legged cat with attitude Location: Howrah, Hobart, Tasmania	Re: NHS Spends £7,500 on 'Porn Room' I can't see too much wrong with it. It isn't a huge amount of money by any means and I think that men would find it more enjoyable to wank off watching a movie than reading a magazine. __________________ Big Brother, the people are watching YOU Last edited by Miss L. Toe; July 26 2010 at 12:31 PM.

July 26 2010, 11:32 AM	#3
Hermiod Admiral	Re: NHS Spends £7,500 on 'Porn Room' Given the quality of the magazines they use, I wouldn't be surprised if they hindered the process more than anything else.

July 26 2010, 12:32 PM	#5
Miss Chicken Little three legged cat with attitude Location: Howrah, Hobart, Tasmania	Re: NHS Spends £7,500 on 'Porn Room' No, I was just talking to my best friend on the phone while typing. __________________ Big Brother, the people are watching YOU

July 26 2010, 12:33 PM	#6
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July 26 2010, 03:58 PM	#7
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July 27 2010, 09:55 AM	#13
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July 27 2010, 10:10 AM	#15
RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Location: RJDiogenes of Boston	Re: NHS Spends £7,500 on 'Porn Room' That's what made me ask, actually. I always thought "aids" were for donors, not couples. __________________ Please stop by my Gallery and YouTube Page for a visit. And read Trunkards!