FOI 7495 - Bariatric Surgery and Weight Management Services
Date: 28 July 2022 to 28 July 2025
Clarification – all forms of bariatric weight loss surgery as outlined here https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/weight-loss-surgery/
By primary we just mean this would be initial operations, not any revision procedures to amend existing gastric sleeves etc
1a. The number of primary bariatric surgery operations* performed by financial year, from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
(*including operations in private hospitals where these were used to provide additional capacity for the NHS)
1b. The mean average wait from admission to Tier 4 services to surgery, by financial year, from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
2. How many patients are on your bariatric surgery RTT (referral to treatment) waiting list at present?
- and at the end of each financial year from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
3a. The number of people enrolled within your Tier 3 weight management services:
- at present,
- and at the end of each financial year from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
3b. The number of people enrolled within your Tier 4 services:
- at present,
- and at the end of each financial year from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
- Request ID:7495
- Category:Trust - Service Data
- Response:
July 2022
Clarification – all forms of bariatric weight loss surgery as outlined here https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/weight-loss-surgery/
By primary we just mean this would be initial operations, not any revision procedures to amend existing gastric sleeves etc
Medway NHS Foundation Trust can confirm that surgery for weight loss on bariatric patients is not provided by this Trust.
Weight management services are also not provided by the Trust, and would be provided by the community/GP services.
1a. The number of primary bariatric surgery operations* performed by financial year, from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
(*including operations in private hospitals where these were used to provide additional capacity for the NHS)
1b. The mean average wait from admission to Tier 4 services to surgery, by financial year, from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
2. How many patients are on your bariatric surgery RTT (referral to treatment) waiting list at present?
- and at the end of each financial year from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
3a. The number of people enrolled within your Tier 3 weight management services:
- at present,
- and at the end of each financial year from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
3b. The number of people enrolled within your Tier 4 services:
- at present,
- and at the end of each financial year from 2017/18 to 2021/22.
