Oh agreed. It's a pathetic restriction really. There's a programme called: "the doctor who gave up drugs." Basically showing how lifestyle changes solve more than people might think. Still, too early to say whether that'll work. There's been loads of articles on that front too. There's been a programme about the insane cost of type two diabetes as well. And a programme about ambulance care being prioritised because of a shortage of funds/resources. So we should all know by now that it's a service under stress. But, we all know how fats ignore anything health wise, stick their head in sand and go "la-la-la, not listening." The thing is, according to the charter, not everything was designed to be free. Some things you still had to pay for, even way back in 1948. So I want to see charging introduced for certain categories of patients. You want this... You have a bmi of 30+, that'll be x thousand please.  But I suspect this is a veiled attempt at this NHS trust pushing back against government and bosses narrative. They know this will likely be shut down just like the other trust was a month ago. But, they also know it's a 'health warning' of sorts too. Just the announcement of a sugar tax likely changed some consumption behaviour, they're probably hoping that these headlines might work like that to some degree. I think they call it 'health signalling.'  Two trusts in the space of a few months make these noises in the fattest area of the country. Definite cry for help! But the government narrative is... 'ageing population,' so don't upset the fatties, they fucking vote, we'll be fucked.  So they'll clamp down from the health department to say, you can't do this, against the charter, etc. Mostly, the service is struggling to the point of exhaustion and it'll be privatised and everyone will then pay for schemes, but no government wants the collapse on their hands, "they killed the NHS." So it'll keep getting increases in funding that'll keep going to the wrong places, large swathes of non-medical management needs cutting. Meh, I could rant for ages on this.  But the masses need to lose the weight, or lose the health coverage. It's unsustainable. I await the outcome of this, and then wait for the next trust. Likely Wales imo. Edit: yup Wales