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.
Thames Valley Hospital offers a weight-loss surgery service tailored to you.
Occasionally, traditional weight control and management may no longer provide workable results. If you’ve exhausted all other weight loss options, you might be considering weight loss surgery.
Spire Thames Valley Hospital Weight Loss Surgery offers 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 up-to-the-minute treatments, tailored to your individual clinical needs.
Gastric banding involves an inflatable band being fitted, usually laparoscopically (key hole), around the upper end of the stomach. The band restricts the amount of food you can consume at any one time, giving the feeling of being full, quicker. While this procedure can be carried out as a day case, it tends to require a one-night stay in hospital.
With a gastric banding, weight loss is achieved through supportive alterations to diet and lifestyle. While it is a reversible procedure, it is typically a life-long commitment to your weight loss. As such, you will be seen six months after surgery by our specialist team to provide ongoing dietary advice and support. A post surgery, one-year follow-up is included in the initial surgery cost of this procedure. After a year, subsequent visits to meet the team for consultation, check-up and blood tests, are charged on a case by case basis.
Spire Thames Valley designated Weight Loss Clinic offers comprehensive care, based in the comfortable, clean and safe surroundings of our private hospital grounds.
Our Weight Loss team includes specialist consultant Bob Soin as well as a team consisiting of Clinical Psychologists, Dietitians, Nurses and Anaesthetists.
You’ll receive an initial consultation with our specialist bariatric nurse and dietician, followed by an appointment for further discussion with our Weight Loss consultant surgeon. You will also meet with our clinical psychologist to discuss the changes to your life that weight loss surgery will bring. We can also arrange access to local weight-loss surgery patient support groups to ensure sustained results.
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
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