One in three NHS trusts restrict surgery for smokers and overweight patients Overweight people are being used as "soft targets" by NHS trusts who deny them treatment to save money, surgeons have claimed.
Although hip and knee replacements can help people stay mobile and keep active, more than one third clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) now refuse surgery until patients have lost weight or stopped smoking.
The Royal College of Surgeons is calling on ministers to make it clear to trusts that they are breaching health watchdog guidelines in discriminating on grounds of weight or smoking status. The Daily Telegraph
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Although hip and knee replacements can help people stay mobile and keep active, more than one third clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) now refuse surgery until patients have lost weight or stopped smoking.
The Royal College of Surgeons is calling on ministers to make it clear to trusts that they are breaching health watchdog guidelines in discriminating on grounds of weight or smoking status. The Daily Telegraph
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