Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support the NHS provides to people who require weight loss operations.

Patients requiring weight loss operations, or bariatric surgery, would be referred to Tier 4 weight management services. Specialist obesity medical and surgical multi-disciplinary teams provide patients with access to a range of medical specialists as required.

Patients undergoing bariatric surgery usually receive prior care in a Tier 3 weight management service, which can provide complex behavioural interventions delivered by a multidisciplinary team and other specialist services, such as low-calorie diets.