Spire Healthcare: Private weight loss surgery in the UK

Take your first step towards weight loss and your improved lifestyle

Spire Healthcare offers a weight loss surgery service specifically tailored  to your needs so that they can offer you the best possible chance of success.  Your  gastric band or gastric bypass operations will be undertaken by an experienced bariatric surgeon in one of their safe, clean private hospitals.  Spire Healthcare’s weight loss surgery support teams of bariatric specialist nurses, physicians and dieticians provides ongoing dietary advice and support. They can also arrange access to local weight loss surgery patient support groups.

Spire Healthcare publish annual clinical outcome measures including MRSA blood infection rates, post-operative wound infection after hip replacement, health improvement scores after hip replacement, visual improvement after cataract surgery, unplanned readmissions to hospital and unplanned return to the operating theatre.

You can check out key patient satisfaction measures at each Spire Healthcare hospital and find out how Spire Healthcare keep MRSA rates so low in its 25 hospitals.

All Spire Healthcare hospitals are registered with the Healthcare Commission.

Spire Healthcare holds information events open to anyone who wants to come and find out more about weight loss surgery.They want to help you make the decision that’s right for you. 

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Weight loss surgery available

Gastric banding

Gastric banding is a type of weight loss surgery where the size of the stomach is reduced using a band so that only small meals can be eaten before you feel full.

The procedure involves placing an adjustable band around the upper part of your stomach to create a pouch. The pouch fills up quickly and the food passes slowly through a gap, formed by the band, into the rest of the stomach.  The food then passes normally through the rest of the digestive system.

The operation usually requires an overnight stay in hospital and is done under general anaesthesia. This means you will be asleep during the procedure.

Your surgeon will explain the benefits and risks of having a gastric band fitted, and will also discuss the alternatives to the procedure.

Gastric bypass surgery

Gastric bypass is a type of weight loss surgery that works by making your stomach smaller and removing part of your bowel to make your digestive system shorter. This means that you can only eat small meals and your body will take up fewer calories from the food you eat.

The gastric bypass operation is done under general anaesthesia. This means you will be asleep during the procedure. Depending on the surgical technique used, you will need to stay in hospital about three to five days.

Your surgeon will explain the benefits and risks of having a gastric bypass, and will also discuss the alternatives to the procedure.

Where can I have weight loss surgery?

(*Intragastric balloon only)

All Spire Healthcare hospitals shown above offer gastric banding. Some hospitals also offer gastric bypass and gastric balloon insertion. Please call 0800 434 6622 to find out which treatments are available at hospitals near you, or enter "weight loss" on Spire Healthcare's treatment search page.

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All-inclusive prices for weight loss surgery

You can choose to have one-off private treatment at a Spire Healthcare private hospital for most types of operations, procedures and tests. You’ll be seen quickly and receive your treatment at a convenient time.

As a self-pay patient, you don’t need private health insurance. Spire Healthcare willl give you a single, all-inclusive fixed price for your treatment.

Benefits of one-off private treatment with Spire Healthcare

• Quality-assured medical and nursing care
• Treatment in a clean and comfortable private hospital
• Choice of appointment times
• Tour of the hospital before admission
• Continuous care from your consultant
• Pre-admission information about your procedure
• Written discharge guidance
• Private room with en-suite bath or shower, if you’re staying overnight

• Healthy vegetarian and snack options for all meals
• Use of a phone* ,TV and radio in your room
• Visitors at any time
• Free tea and coffee for your visitors
• Meals for visitors*
• Free parking for you and your visitors (subject to availability)

* You’ll need to pay extra for this

To request an information pack, a guide price for any one-off private treatment or to discuss your personal situation please call 0800 434 6622.

Contact details

Spire Healthcare

Tel:  0800 434 6622

Email:       Online enquiry form

Website:  www.spirehealthcare.com

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