Obese patients and smokers face six month ban on NHS surgery Obese patients and smokers will be denied surgery under cost-cutting NHS rationing plans, amid warnings from senior surgeons that the move will prompt a public outcry.
NHS leaders in north Yorkshire say patients who weigh too much or smoke will be told they have to go on a diet or quit smoking for at least six months before they can be considered for any non-urgent operations.
Similar measures proposed by a neighbouring authority last month were stopped after protests from surgeons and patients groups. The Daily Telegraph
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NHS leaders in north Yorkshire say patients who weigh too much or smoke will be told they have to go on a diet or quit smoking for at least six months before they can be considered for any non-urgent operations.
Similar measures proposed by a neighbouring authority last month were stopped after protests from surgeons and patients groups. The Daily Telegraph
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