Enjoying a healthy weight is vital to our physical and mental wellbeing. At times, many of us experience weight gain but are able to manage this through diet and exercise. For some, however, increased weight can develop into obesity - a condition that can become debilitating and even life-threatening.
You can make a free, no obligation appointment to meet our specialist bariatric nurse to find out more about weight loss surgery, today
Occasionally, traditional weight control and management may no longer provide the results you need. If you’ve exhausted all other weight-loss options, you might be considering weight loss surgery.
Weight loss treatment options
The following weight loss treatment options are available at Spire Edinburgh Hospitals, click the links for treatment information on the Murrayfield Hospital website:
Our weight loss service
Our weight loss service is provided across Spire Edinburgh Hospitals - Murrayfield and Shawfair Park. This enables us to offer our patients the benefit of the most appropriate facilities at every stage of your journey. You will meet with our weight-loss team for outpatient appointments and consultations at Spire Shawfair Park Hospital, and your surgical procedure will be carried out as an in-patient, where necessary, at Spire Murrayfield Hospital.
Our Weight Loss Clinic offers comprehensive care based in the comfortable, clean and safe surroundings of our private Hospital grounds.
For more information or to make an appointment call 0131 316 2507 or visit www.weightlosssurgeryscotland.com.
Our team
Our weight loss team includes Specialist Consultants Andrew de Beaux and Bruce Tulloh; Radiologist Dilip Patel; Clinical Psychologist Carol Sutherland; Dietitian Dr Fred Pender; Nurses Lorna Hunter and Davina Robertson and Anaesthetists Mike Fried and David Cameron.
Our multidisciplinary team-led approach to care ensures that your consultation, treatment and after-care are carried out by experts in their field. With our clinical expertise on hand, you can make an informed decision about whether weight loss surgery is right for you.
Click here to find our more about our weight loss surgery team members.
Your weight loss surgery decision
Our weight loss surgery team offer the advice, treatment and support you need to make a major change in your life. Our specialist bariatric (weight loss) surgeons provide a range of treatments tailored to your individual clinical needs, including gastric banding, bypass surgery and sleeve gastrectomy and the Orbera Weight-loss Balloon.
Click here to read some of our weight loss surgery patient experiences.
Free appointment with our weight-loss surgery nurse
If you'd like to find out more about weight loss surgery and what options may be available to you, why not make a free, no-obligation appointment to meet our Specialist Bariatric Nurse Lorna Hunter at Spire Shawfair Park? Simply contact Customer Services on 0131 316 2507 or email cservice-ed@spirehealthcare.com for your free appointment, today.
Your care
Your clinic and out-patient appointments will be held at Spire Shawfair Park Hospital in Edinburgh, however surgery will be carried out at Spire Murrayfield Hospital.
Online Discussion Forum
Spire Healthcare supports the online forum of the OWLSS weight loss surgery support group. Click here to visit the OWLSS forum.