PCT spending on obesity soars (From thisisoxfordshire)
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PCT spending on obesity soars
8:49am Thursday 9th April 2009 in
Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust has seen its spending on obesity soar, new figures have shown.
High demand for stomach surgery for obese patients as well as the cost of specialist equipment - such as larger examination couches - means the costs incurred by PCTs have shot up.
Oxfordshire PCT said its budget in 2007/08 was £88,000, rising to £245,000 in 2008/2009 and £695,000 in 2009/10.
The new statistics come after official figures published in February revealed that weight-loss stomach surgery for obesity has risen 40 per cent in a year.
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LadyPenelope
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12:55pm Thu 9 Apr 09
Zimmer
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2:15pm Thu 9 Apr 09
LadyPenelope wrote:But What sort?:0)
Why are they spending so much money when exercise is free?
STBO
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2:50pm Thu 9 Apr 09
LadyPenelope
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2:53pm Thu 9 Apr 09
Zimmer wrote:I'll leave that up to your own imagination... ;)
LadyPenelope wrote: Why are they spending so much money when exercise is free?But What sort?:0)
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