NHS provokes fury with indefinite surgery ban for smokers and obese

[steve30000]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/17/nhs-provokes-fury-indefinite-surgery-ban-smokers-obese/

 

[Keawyeds]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/17/nhs-provokes-fury-indefinite-surgery-ban-smokers-obese/

Come on man, don't just post the link.
Give us a little more to go on.

 

[mart]

So basically, they won't get help unless they attempt to help themselves first. Seems reasonable to me.

 

[GK]

Come on man, don't just post the link.
Give us a little more to go on.

Its not quite as dramatic as the headline...

 

[steve30000]

Come on man, don't just post the link.
Give us a little more to go on.

Everything is in that article. Basically you just want my opinion

 

[Mackem00]

The government should make smoking illegal (and ban the sale of them) in that case. Otherwise smokers should be exempt from contributing towards the NHS.

 

[Keawyeds]

Everything is in that article. Basically you just want my opinion

That's the point of a message board. Don't just post a link FFS.
Post something from the story and what you think about it.

 

[steve30000]

So basically, they won't get help unless they attempt to help themselves first. Seems reasonable to me.

Yep. But you'll only get people saying "well I pay ni contributions, so fuck off"

That's the point of a message board. Don't just post a link FFS.
Post something from the story and what you think about it.

I don't have to post my opinion on the link though, Mr north Korea

 

[xmfd]

Imagine how much money they'd save by just not bothering with fat, unhealthy, probably unemployed slobs (probably a third of the patients)

 

[pavarotti1980]

Imagine how much money they'd save by just not bothering with fat, unhealthy, probably unemployed slobs (probably a third of the patients)

Ironically making a large number of NHS staff unemployed slobs when they are made redundannt

 

[steve30000]

The government should make smoking illegal (and ban the sale of them) in that case. Otherwise smokers should be exempt from contributing towards the NHS.

You'll get smokers coming on saying "do you know how much tax they make?"

Even though the majority of them get them cheaper abroad

 

[Mackem00]

You'll get smokers coming on saying "do you know how much tax they make?"

Even though the majority of them get them cheaper abroad

You've just made that up Steve.

 

[steve30000]

Ironically making a large number of NHS staff unemployed slobs when they are made redundannt

I doubt it. They're overworked now, so it'll be down to people who just have accidents instead

You've just made that up Steve.

Really? So none of them get foreign packets? Ok

 

[becs]

I'm not allowed the operation that would fix a problem I have. I'm not a smoker, a drinker or obese. They'll only do the op if I had cancer (which I haven't and I'm thankful about!) Several treatments I've already had have failed so now I've been told I just have to put up with it or go private which I can't afford (approx £8-10K).

 

[Keawyeds]

You'll get smokers coming on saying "do you know how much tax they make?"

Even though the majority of them get them cheaper abroad

See. You can post an opinion. Well done

 

[Mackem00]

Really? So none of them get foreign packets? Ok

Why are you pretending that's what I said Steve?

 

[steve30000]

See. You can post an opinion. Well done

If I want to. Not because you told me to, Mr sarky

Why are you pretending that's what I said Steve?

Do you want graphs, and pie charts?

 

[Boris Bear]

Crazy how smokers think that they're buying a health plan when they buy fags

 

[pavarotti1980]

I doubt it. They're overworked now, so it'll be down to people who just have accidents instead

So reduce the activity by 1/3 or more and it will still be ok?

 

[Keawyeds]

If I want to. Not because you told me to, Mr sarky


Do you want graphs, and pie charts?

Well if you wanted to, why the hell didn't you do that in your opening post?!