NHS debate

... Recent reports from the National institute for health and clinical excellence are pointing to doctors being able to make descisions as to whether or not certain groups of patients should receive treatment, the proposals make no devide between rich and poor, or age or gender. They simply revolve around the fact that those patients suffering from complanits that they have inflicted upon themselves by smoking, drinking heavily, abusing drugs and over-eating, should be denied treatment unless they can prove that they are actively engaged in seeking to change their descructive habits. What is your opinion on this subject? I am concerned with the outcome of decisions on who could and who could not be treated - what are the obligations to those who would not be treated? Clarity is needed around this and what the 'end-point' would be for such people. It's not only the issues over drug users and smokers. Should other groups

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