Obesity: Surgery

(asked on 8th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been waiting for (a) gastric band, (b) gastric bypass, (c) sleeve gastrectomy and (d) duodenal switch surgery for over (i) 52 and (ii) 65 weeks.


Answered by
Andrew Stephenson Portrait
Andrew Stephenson
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 15th January 2024

As of 31 December 2023, for gastric bypass surgery, the total number waiting over 52 weeks was 87, with 20 of these waiting over 65 weeks. For sleeve gastrectomy, the total number waiting over 52 weeks was 120, with 40 of these waiting over 65 weeks.

NHS England is unable to provide the exact number of patients waiting over 52 and 65 weeks for gastric bands and duodenal switch surgery due to disclosure control of small numbers.

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