Smokers and obese patients being denied routine surgeries in Britain

Henry Bodkin reports at The Telegraph,

Obese patients and smokers banned from routine surgery in 'most severe ever' rationing in the NHS.

Hospital leaders in North Yorkshire said that patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above – as well as smokers – will be barred from most surgery for up to a year amid increasingly desperate measures to plug a funding black hole. The restrictions will apply to standard hip and knee operations.

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