[Donut]

It's an interesting thought, one of those things that the Labour Government floats from time to time to guage reaction.

Healthcare rationing already exists in the NHS, heart transplants are not given unless the patient stops smoking. Nicotine patches are witheld unless a patient agrees to smoking cessation counselling and obesity drugs are not given until the patient has demonstrated the ability to lose weight initially without the drugs.

Costly drugs such as statins (to reduce cholesterol) are not given to all at risk patients. A new wonder drug for bowel cancer is too expensive to use.

But I don't think it will happen - it's just Blair's mob trying to set more targets, and this time it's for the patients.