Obese NHS patients with diabetes 'could get gastric band'
Obese people who suffer from type 2 diabetes could be offered gastric band surgery on the NHS, according to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (Nice).
Doctor urged not to 'recommend very low calorie diets'
NHS doctors should be "selective" when recommending very-low calorie diets to overweight and obese patients, according to fresh guidelines.
Nice recommends:
- Very-low calorie diets should only be used when a patient has "a clinical need to lose weight quickly," like impending joint replacement surgery.
- The draft guideline also recommends that people who have undergone bariatric surgery on the NHS should have a "follow up care package" for at least two years after their operation.
- In the UK around 2.9 million people have diabetes, with around 90% of cases being type 2.
- There are also thought to be around 850,000 people with undiagnosed diabetes.
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