Healthier Weight Centre

read moreHealthier Weight is devoted to the treatment and care of people who are overweight and obese. Our specialism in this area has enabled us to develop a comprehensive range of surgical and non-surgical services tailored to the needs of this group of patients. The company was founded in 2003 by Dr David Ashton who, after a lifelong interest and five years intensive research, launched the company with a medically supervised weight management programme that drew on best practices from all over the world.

read moreAs more people have weight loss surgery it's inevitable that more people will need revision surgery. This is the term we use when referring to the surgery that either corrects a problem with the first weight loss (primary) procedure or that converts the primary procedure into something more powerful (possibly a gastric band to gastric bypass revision). As someone who has had a weight loss surgery procedure you'll know about the risks and benefits of surgery. It is likely that you also know that revisional surgery is more specialist and technically challenging than primary surgery.

read moreThe gastric bypass is a long established weight loss procedure. Over 30 years it has proven to be safe and effective, delivering both excellent weight loss outcomes and significant health benefits. In fact, for people experiencing health problems associated with their weight, the bypass is generally the best procedure available. We have been doing the gastric bypass for over 15 years and our team has experience of over 5,000 procedures. Patients can expect to lose about 70% of their excess weight within 2 years of surgery and those with health problems such as type 2 diabetes, sleep apnoea or reflux disease can expect an immediate improvement in their condition.

read moreThe gastric sleeve (laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy) is the world's fastest growing weight loss procedure. It has grown rapidly in popularity in recent years and now accounts for more procedures in the NHS than the gastric band or gastric bypass. The gastric sleeve is a simple concept. We access the abdomen laparoscopically (keyhole surgery) and cut the stomach along its length and remove about 80%. After sleeve surgery, the food you eat will still enter and exit the stomach in the same place as it did before (unlike the gastric bypass) but you'll have a much smaller stomach.