Obese patients and smokers are being REFUSED NHS operations until they go a six-month boot camp to try and lose weight

‘Patients who are obese or smoke are being refused NHS operations and sent on a six month boot camp.
They will be referred onto a six month ‘health optimisation programme’ and taught to improve their behaviours before having surgery.
The scheme will be rolled out next month in the East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group, a health trust in East Yorkshire serving 313,400 patients.
Managers are trying to save £11.5 million this year and claim patients will get more benefit from operations if they are in better health.
Patients awaiting surgery for cancer, the frail elderly or anyone with severe mental health problems will all be exempt from the policy.’
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