Tier 4 weight management     

FOI REFERENCE: 24027   

FOI TITLE: Tier 4 weight management     

FOI DATE: 11^th April 2024

Please indicate the current number of staff for Tier 4 weight management services at the Trust, with a breakdown by role as shown below. Where data is not readily available, please provide as much data as possible within “the appropriate limit” defined in Section 12 of the FOI Act:

Role	Number of staff at the Trust
Obesity physicians	0
Bariatric surgeons	3
Bariatric dietitians	2
Psychologists	shared with tier 3 0.4wte.
Anaesthetists	Not bariatric specific
Endocrinologists	0
Others	2 x CNS
Total

Please provide the names and contact information for the Trust’s Tier 4 weight management service leadership.  Consultant Bariatric Surgeon and Upper GI lead

Please indicate the total number of patients that have been precluded from a surgical procedure (excluding bariatric surgeries) due to their level of obesity, and thus poses clinical risks, and the total number of surgical procedures completed by speciality. Where data is not readily available, please provide as much data as possible within “the appropriate limit” defined in Section 12 of the FOI Act: This data is not held electronically, it will be held within each patient’s personnel written clinical notes.