3 December 2014 BBC News DEVON, England - Smokers and the morbidly obese in the county of Devon will be denied routine surgery unless they quit smoking or lose weight.
Patients with a BMI of 35 or above will have to shed 5% of their weight while smokers will have to quit eight weeks before they can receive surgery. The NHS in Devon has a £14.5m [about USD$23 million] deficit and says the cuts are required to help it meet waiting list targets. *'Urgent and necessary'* The Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (NEW Devon CCG) organises most NHS treatment in the area. It announced a range of cost-cutting measures on Wednesday including only providing one hearing aid, instead of the normal two, to people with hearing loss. Shoulder surgery will also be restricted. Patients with a date for surgery will not be affected but will be offered weight management or quit smoking support. NEW Devon CCG said it would announce another round of cost-cutting measures "in due course". "We don't underestimate how difficult it will be for some people to lose weight or stop smoking and we will continue to support them," said Dr Burke, "but the CCG has a legal duty to live within its financial resources and the prioritisation of services is helping us to do that." Edited from: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-30318546 -- Paul W Harrison __._,_.___ ------------------------------ Posted by: PHarrison/interEng <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> ------------------------------ Reply via web post <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Lets_Discuss_Anything/conversations/messages/174166;_ylc=X3oDMTJyOWF0aHBuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzk2OTE2MjAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzNzY0BG1zZ0lkAzE3NDE2NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzE0MTc2NDM0MTk-?act=reply&messageNum=174166> • Reply to sender <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]?subject%5Cx3dRe:+Smokers%2Bobese+to+be+refused+routine+surgery+in+England');> • Reply to group <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]?subject%5Cx3dRe:+Smokers%2Bobese+to+be+refused+routine+surgery+in+England');> • Start a New Topic <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Lets_Discuss_Anything/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcHNjOGVyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzk2OTE2MjAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzNzY0BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTQxNzY0MzQxOQ--> • Messages in this topic <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Lets_Discuss_Anything/conversations/topics/174166;_ylc=X3oDMTM4cGw0ZWM5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzk2OTE2MjAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzNzY0BG1zZ0lkAzE3NDE2NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0MTc2NDM0MTkEdHBjSWQDMTc0MTY2> (1) Have a great peaceful DAY! Visit Your Group <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Lets_Discuss_Anything/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJldnI3cGx2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzk2OTE2MjAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzNzY0BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTQxNzY0MzQxOQ--> - New Members <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Lets_Discuss_Anything/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbW5uMGRrBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzk2OTE2MjAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzNzY0BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZtYnJzBHN0aW1lAzE0MTc2NDM0MTk-> 3 [image: Yahoo! Groups] <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJkYzFpcGU3BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzk2OTE2MjAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzNzY0BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxNDE3NjQzNDE5> • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • Unsubscribe <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]?subject%5Cx3dUnsubscribe');> • Terms of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> . __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
