Plans to deny surgery to obese patients and smokers put on hold

Plans to deny surgery to obese patients and smokers put on hold Vale of York NHS group to review policy that would mean overweight patients and smokers waiting up to a year for elective surgery

A health authority that suggested it would deny non-life-threatening surgery to the obese and smokers has said it will put its proposals on hold.

The plans by Vale of York clinical commissioning group (CCG) could have meant that patients who exceed a body mass index (BMI) of 30 would face delays in receiving some NHS surgery for up to a year.Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• Obese patients 'surgery ban' in York to be reviewed BBC News
• Obese patients and smokers banned from all routine operations by hospital in 'most severe' rationing ever The Daily Telegraph
• Hospitals to cut costs by denying surgery to smokers and the obese The Guardian
• Obese people and smokers 'banned from routine surgery' as NHS attempts to cut spending costs The Independent