Cash-strapped NHS chiefs axe routine surgery for the obese

Cash-strapped NHS chiefs axe routine surgery for the obese East and North Hertfordshire CCG and Herts Valleys CCG warned only 'exceptional circumstances' will grant obese patients non-urgent surgery. Experts have blasted the decision. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Smokers face breath tests before surgery The Daily Mail
• NHS provokes fury with indefinite surgery ban for smokers and obese The Daily Telegraph