NHS 'bans' GPs from carrying out minor operations on patients who smoke unless they promise to quit | Mail Online:
"It was getting caught when he put on ear defenders and hygienic headgear for his job inspecting catering equipment.
As a result, the lump was becoming painful.
Mr Merrett, 46, said: ‘I was told, in no uncertain terms, that unless I gave up smoking or signed up to a quitting clinic they would refuse to treat me.
I was gobsmacked.’
He claims the doctor told him: ‘These directions are not mine.
It’s not me refusing this treatment, it’s the NHS trust.’"
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