Monday, 5 March 2018

Hospitals that refuse surgery to smokers and obese patients slammed

Hospitals that refuse surgery to smokers and obese patients slammed NHS hospitals that refuse surgery to smokers and obese patients are ‘draconian and discriminatory’, doctors warned last night.

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges criticised the policies, which were introduced in some clinical commissioning groups last October.

Professor Derek Alderson, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said people in need of medical help will be left in pain as they are forced to wait for treatment. The Daily Mail

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