Information for clinicians

Obese patients’ health can be improved by lifestyle changes, medication and bariatric surgery. Compliance is paramount to improve the chances of success. The multidisciplinary bariatric service team at Charing Cross Hospital assess patients individually and offer the treatment that optimises benefits and reduces risks.

Our primary objective is to make our patients healthy and functional.

Our bariatric and metabolic surgery complements the lifestyle and pharmacotherapy arms of the clinic. Our clinics run concurrently to offer a convenient one-stop clinic. All patients attend a group seminar where they meet other patients interested in obesity management as well as patients who have previously undergone interventions.

The unit provides 24-hour emergency care and two outpatient clinics per week. The clinic comprises five bariatric surgeons, two physicians, two psychiatrists and a clinical nurse specialist. All new patients are seen within four weeks of referral and those requiring surgery should have their operation within 15 weeks.

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