Morbidly obese patients face restrictions under new Devon cost cutting plan

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FINANCE: A cash strapped clinical commissioning group plans to limit access to routine surgery for obese patients and suspend funding for some non-urgent procedures in a drastic bid to find £26m of in year savings.

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