‘I was too fat for NHS cancer surgery appointment’

by
Mark Norman

BBC South East Health Correspondent

Rosemarie Winfield Rosemarie Winfield looks at the camera holding her Persian cat. She is wearing a blue dress and the cat has fluffy ginger hair.Rosemarie Winfield

Rosemarie Winfield was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in 2024 and is currently undergoing treatment

A woman diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer has told the BBC the NHS said her Body Mass Index (BMI) was too high to discuss surgery.

Rosemarie Winfield, 44, from Hailsham in East Sussex, was diagnosed in 2024 and is currently undergoing treatment.

She had been referred to the Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH) in East Grinstead to discuss reconstruction options if she were to decide on a mastectomy but said she was “essentially… too fat for them even to speak to me”.

The hospital trust said it aimed to “treat every patient with respect and empathy” and was sorry Ms Winfield felt disappointed.

Ms Winfield, who has a BMI of 36, said: “My…

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