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Denying patients NHS treatment based on lifestyle factors is not conducive to a good doctor-patient relationship. In response

2017-11-15 00:08:07

Denying patients NHS treatment based on lifestyle factors is not conducive to a good doctor-patient relationship.

In response to the Hertfordshire Valley CCG’s decision to restrict access to routine surgery until morbidly obese patients have lost weight, or smokers have given up, as discussed on the BBC Daily Politics show today, Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said:

"As frontline GPs, we fully understand the struggles of the NHS and that funding decisions are becoming increasingly difficult, but patients go to see their GP expecting non-judgemental care and it's important that their trust in us is not compromised."

Source: www.rcgp.org.uk

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