'Outstanding' CCG to make smokers and obese patients wait six months for surgery

By Joe Gammie2016-10-06T16:25:00

Obese patients and smokers will have to try to lose weight or quit smoking for six months before being considered for operations under a Yorkshire CCG’s plans to save £8m.

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