30/04/2012
In the first hour, we ask: 'Should obese people and smokers go to the back of the NHS queue?' At 10am, guests Emma Levitt and Chloe Jackson join us to talk hair loss. Your consumer stories at 11am.
A survey has found 54% of doctors think the NHS should be able to deny some treatments to smokers and people who are obese.
Dr Tim Ringrose, the chief executive of doctors.net.uk which carried out the research, says the result is a considerable shift in the way doctors think. It is in-line with the savings that must be made by the NHS in England - 拢20bn by 2015.
Smokers and obese people are already being denied operations such as IVF, breast reconstructions and hip or knee replacements in some parts of England. The medical magazine Pulse last month found that 25 out of 91 primary care trusts (PCTs) had introduced treatment bans for those groups since April 2011.
Dr Ringrose says: "Perhaps it's time for the NHS to have a realistic discussion with UK taxpayers about what treatments it can continue to cover."
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