spacer
spacer
 
Home Weight Solutions News
News

 

Here we publish news articles which either include members of the Total Weight Solutions team, or we believe may be of interest to those interested in weight loss and weight loss surgery.

In most cases clicking on the image will result in the display of a larger image.

There are also some excellent web based video interviews explaining our weight loss surgery techniques.

Use the breadcrumb 'Home' link above to navigate back to the site menus.


 
Obese patients to be flown to London for Gastric Ops
Written by Sophie Goodchild, Health Editor, Evening Standard   
Friday, 02 January 2009 00:00

Obese patients to be flown to London for gastric opsThis article courtesy of the Evening Standard newspaper.

600 mile round-trip for surgery in £8.7 million campaign.

 
Obese may get fat op and IVF on NHS
Written by Emma Morton, Health Editor, The Sun   
Thursday, 04 September 2008 00:00

Obese may get fat op and IVF on NHSThis article courtesy of The Sun newspaper.

The NHS could spend millions helping obese to have children, it emerged last night.

 
Imperial offers band aid to obese
Written by Sanchez Manning, Wood & Vale   
Friday, 09 January 2009 00:00

Imperial offers band aid to obese Shortage of 'gastric band' surgerons leads to patients arriving from Northgern Ireland.

 
Surgery can be the best way to lose weight
Written by Sanchez Manning, Wood & Vale   
Friday, 13 June 2008 00:00

Surgery can be the best way to lose weight The revelation by Fern Britton that she has had bariatric surgery generates considerable interest in the subject, and Total Weight Solutions surgeon Mr Ahmed is asked to comment.

 
Obese to be fast-tracked for weight loss surgery
Written by Sophie Goodchild, Health Editor, Evening Standard   
Tuesday, 20 May 2008 00:00

This article courtesy of the Evening Standard.

Thousands of patients will be fast-tracked for fat loss operations to beat the obesity crisis.

Obese to be fast-trackedThe Standard has learned that nine hospital trusts in London and the South-East have been chosen to provide stomach-shrinking surgery for the first time.

These include Chelsea & Westminster, the Homerton and Imperial College Healthcare, which are all setting up special units for treating patients.

At least 2,000 operations will be carried out a year to reduce the burden on the NHS of weight-related diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. The number of trusts awarded "provider" status for obesity surgery is more than four times the original planned, reflecting demand.

Read more... [Obese to be fast-tracked for weight loss surgery]
 
Doctor finds life-saving cure for his obesity through specialist surgery
Friday, 09 May 2008 00:00

Doctor finds life-saving cure for his obesity through specialist surgeryTotal Weight Solutions save the life of a fellow doctor when he undertakes bariatric surgery.