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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Editorial

Denying joint operations to obese patients is counterproductive

Doctors must avoid unfair and discriminatory blanket bans based on arbitrary weight limits - (Alamy/PA)

We fear that there are going to be many more stories such as this about the National Health Service before the wounds of a decade of underfunding followed by the coronavirus pandemic start to heal.

Rebecca Thomas, our award-winning health correspondent, reports today that obese patients are being denied life-changing hip and knee replacements, and being left in pain as the NHS attempts to cut costs.

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