Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

We provide a bariatric and metabolic surgery service at University Hospital Lewisham.

Our team offer a one-stop assessment with a consultant bariatric surgeon, a specialist nurse, a dietician and a consultant anaesthetist.

We offer a full range of bariatric procedures including laparoscopic gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and gastric banding. We also have a comprehensive post-operative follow-up pathway.

Contact

Phone: 020 8333 3169

Email: LH.bariatricsurgery@nhs.net

Who we can help

We can accept referrals for patients who fulfil the NICE and current commissioning guidelines. These are:

  • Patients aged 18 or over,
  • A BMI of 40 kg/m2, or BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2  if you have other conditions such as type 2 diabetes, sleep apnoea, hypertension and benign intracranial hypertension
  • You have had a BMI of 30 or more for 5 years or more,
  • You have already complied with a specialist tier 3 or tier 4 non-surgical weight loss programme for a period of 12 months or more (BMI: 35-49).  If your BMI is over 50, the minimum period that you must have participated in a weight loss programme is six months.
  • You are willing to commit to a long-term follow up programme, and you have no history of drug or alcohol abuse or dependence

We ask that you have your fasting lipids and fasting glucose, FBC, U&E, creatinine, B12, folate, calcium and Vit D checked prior to being referred to us, and that your referral includes your test results.

Bariatric support group

We run a bariatric support group to assist people who are planning to have, or have had, weight loss surgery.

If you are considering bariatric surgery or have had surgery please come along to our monthly support group. They will take place once or twice a month at University Hospital Lewisham.

All groups will run for 1 hour and will focus on particular aspects of surgery and will be attended by a variety of members of the multi-disciplinary team

If you would more information please contact the bariatric clinical nurse specialist on: 07500 124 322 or email us on LH.BariatricSurgery@nhs.net

 

Location 

Seminar Room, Harris Suite, first floor, Green Zone

Please wait outside the entrance to the suite for our bariatric clinical nurse specialist.