More obese patients to get NHS weight-loss surgery

NHS told to spend more on operations to tackle the diabetes epidemic – but can it afford the cost?

An overweight man eating junk food
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The NHS should offer more weight-loss surgery to obese patients in order to make future savings and tackle the rise of diabetes, new draft guidelines have suggested.

The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has said the threshold for considering weight loss surgery should be lowered to include people with recently diagnosed type-2 diabetes who have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 and above.

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