Information for Doctors and Practitioners

To date, more than 700 NHS Consultants have received their own NOSC Membership Card and Personal Reference Number and are reaping the benefits of NOSC membership for themselves and their patients.

Membership is free and allows them privileged access to our Practitioner Download Area, and to fast track their patients to the Centre's services. If you would like your own personal NOSC reference number, please contact the Centre directly (contact the NOSC).

A brief history of the intragastric balloon.

The Intragastric Balloon has now become a fully established highly successful anti-obesity treatment for your patients. It used to be thought of as a temporary measure. Not any more. Many patients drop their BMI by up to 10 points with the NOSC Balloon Programme and change their relationship with food forever.

Our specialist services for medical and other obesity practitioners.

At the National Obesity Surgery Centre, we offer a range of treatment possibilities to practitioners working within the field of obesity, or to those who have patients whom they are currently unable to treat optimally because of their weight. For example:-

• Orthopaedic Surgeons, Cardiologists, Cardiac Surgeons, Diabetologists and even Bariatric Surgeons are just some of the specialists who regularly refer their patients to us. We have considerable experience in helping patients achieve the necessary weight loss prior to, for example, large joint replacement; heart bypass or more major anti-obesity surgery. Poor diabetic control is another common reason for referral to the Centre.
  
  
• In addition, we are happy to place and remove gastric balloons for any other recognised obesity practitioner (medical or non-medical) who might wish to add this valuable treatment option to their own armamentarium.
  
  
  
• For those practitioners who wish to undertake much or even all of the interim follow-up and counselling, this means that the costs involved can also be dramatically reduced.

We are more than happy to discuss any single practitioner's or organisations needs on an individual bespoke basis. Please contact the NOSC for further details.

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