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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2998935" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/02/obese-patients-and-smokers-banned-from-all-routine-operations-by/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_fb" target="_blank">Obese patients and smokers banned from routine surgery in 'most severe ever' rationing in the NHS</a></p><p></p><p>Hospital leaders in North Yorkshire said that patients with a<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/12085625/Obesity-has-become-a-national-threat-like-terrorism.html" target="_blank"> body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above </a>– 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.</p><p></p><p>Chris Hopson, the head of NHS Providers, which represents acute care, ambulance and community services, said: “I think we are going to see more and more decisions like this.</p><p></p><p>“It’s the only way providers are going to be able to balance their books, and in a way you have to applaud their honesty. You can see why they’re doing this – the service is bursting at the seams.”</p><p></p><p>Under the latest restrictions, patients who have a BMI of 30 or more will be barred from routine surgery for non-life-threatening conditions for a year, although they may secure a referral sooner if they shed 10 per cent of their weight.</p><p></p><p>Smokers who refuse to quit will have planned operations postponed for six months, but may be included on surgeons’ waiting lists earlier by proving they have given up for at least eight weeks.</p><p></p><p>The ban will not apply to cancer patients, or those with some conditions that could becoming life-threatening, or if exceptional circumstances can be shown.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2998935, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/02/obese-patients-and-smokers-banned-from-all-routine-operations-by/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_fb"]Obese patients and smokers banned from routine surgery in 'most severe ever' rationing in the NHS[/URL] Hospital leaders in North Yorkshire said that patients with a[URL='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/12085625/Obesity-has-become-a-national-threat-like-terrorism.html'] body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above [/URL]– 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. Chris Hopson, the head of NHS Providers, which represents acute care, ambulance and community services, said: “I think we are going to see more and more decisions like this. “It’s the only way providers are going to be able to balance their books, and in a way you have to applaud their honesty. You can see why they’re doing this – the service is bursting at the seams.” Under the latest restrictions, patients who have a BMI of 30 or more will be barred from routine surgery for non-life-threatening conditions for a year, although they may secure a referral sooner if they shed 10 per cent of their weight. Smokers who refuse to quit will have planned operations postponed for six months, but may be included on surgeons’ waiting lists earlier by proving they have given up for at least eight weeks. The ban will not apply to cancer patients, or those with some conditions that could becoming life-threatening, or if exceptional circumstances can be shown. [/QUOTE]
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