Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost is of a bariatric operation.
NHS Improvement has provided the national average unit cost of delivering bariatric procedures based on the 2016/17 reference costs submitted by providers for elective care. This information is provided in the following table.
Procedure | National Average Unit Cost |
Complex Surgical Procedures for Obesity | £4,548 |
Major Surgical Procedures for Obesity | £4,981 |
Sleeve Gastrectomy for Obesity | £4,444 |
Gastric Band Procedures for Obesity | £2,939 |
Adjustment of Gastric Band for Obesity | £1,870 |