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Is a gastric band a human right?

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The guidelines on whether people over a certain body mass index should automatically be entitled to a gastric band from the NHS will be tested in the Court of Appeal today.

Tam Fry, spokesman for the National Obesity Forum, and Jo Webber, deputy director of policy at the NHS Confederation, discuss who should qualify for help.


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