By Claire Bates PUBLISHED: 10:10 EST, 1 October 2012 | UPDATED: 11:51 EST, 1 October 2012 Determined: Belinda Clayton from Binchester, wanted to join the 'weigh-less scheme' after it was recommended by a friend A grandmother-of-two was turned down by an NHS weight-loss programme - because she was ‘too fat’. Belinda Clayton, who weighs 16 stones and wears a size 20, tried to apply for a weight-loss scheme through her GP but was stunned to be told it was only for the 'moderately overweight.' The 61-year-old, who suffers fatigue due to M.E, described her rejection from the scheme like a ‘slap in the face with a fish.’
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Belinda Clayton applied to weight-loss scheme through her GP but was told she was too heavy to take part
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Local PCT said initiative was a pilot scheme and they had restricted entry to those with a BMI of 30 to 35 - Mrs Clayton's measurement was 35.07
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Mrs Clayton described the decision to exclude her as 'bonkers'
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She will now pay for Slimming World sessions instead
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