NHS policies on patient's weight and access to hip replacement surgery are inappropriate, study finds

NHS policies on patient's weight and access to hip replacement surgery are inappropriate, study find Weight and body mass index (BMI) policies introduced by NHS commissioning groups in England are inappropriate and worsening health inequalities, according to a new study published in BMC Medicine today [13 June] that analysed nearly 490,000 hip surgeries. With one in ten people likely to need a joint replacement in their lifetime, many thousands of patients are directly affected by these policies. University of Bristol

See also:

• What effect have commissioners’ policies for body mass index had on hip replacement surgery?: an interrupted time series analysis from the National Joint Registry for England (open access) BMC Medicine