An obese man is taking his local health authority to court because they have refused to allow him gastric band surgery on the NHS. His condition falls within the NICE guidelines but these are not a legal obligation. He suffers from diabetes, presumably as a result of being so overweight, and is housebound, so his condition is having a profound effect on the rest of his family. It seems that the surgery would be cost effective so the grounds for refusal strike me as spurious and simply short-term saving. He has to become heavier, i.e. all his conditions must worsen, before he qualifies for surgery in his location.
Being quizzed by chemist's assistant in Boots.