Request 1 |
Do you, or have you at any point since 2010, employed a maximum BMI limit above which someone is not allowed to have a procedure? (please specific whether still in force and, if not, when it was introduced and ended).
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Response 1 |
Yes. |
Request 2 |
What is the BMI limit?
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Response 2 |
35. |
Request 3 |
To which procedures does this apply (for example, routine hip and knee surgery, breast reduction, cataract removal)- please list all types of procedure where a BMI limit is in force.
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Response 3 |
Hip and knee replacement. |
Request 4 |
How many people have been stopped from having a procedure because their BMI was too high since the restriction came into force? Please also break this information down by calendar year.
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Response 4 |
This information is not yet available to the CCG. |