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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

‘NHS says I’m too big for surgery — now I’m spending my pension on weight-loss jabs’

Sue Smith, 72, from Kent has been denied a knee operation four times - (Sue Smith)

With every step she takes, 72-year-old Sue Smith is in agony.

The retired NHS clinician has been on the waiting list for a knee replacement for four years and walks, she says, as though her leg is broken.

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