According to the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) the number of NHS knee replacements has fallen in those areas which have introduced rules on weight and body mass index (BMI). The rates of surgery fell in all patient groups, not just in those who are overweight. This insistence on weight loss (and …
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Local Hospital Performance
NHS Tracker: How is the NHS in your area coping? Find out how your local NHS hospitals are currently performing with this app from the BBC at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59592551. It doesn’t say, but one has to assume the information presented is taken from publicly available NHS performance data.