Bariatric Surgery Policy

Bariatric surgery (privately or abroad) – follow-up care

If you have had bariatric surgery (such as gastric band, gastric bypass, or sleeve gastrectomy) privately or abroad, your ongoing specialist follow-up and aftercare should be arranged directly with the provider that carried out your surgery.

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) Integrated Care Board (ICB) have confirmed that ongoing routine follow-up for self-funded bariatric surgery is not commissioned within the NHS locally. Unfortunately, this means that GP practices are not funded to provide this service.

Our practice will:

• Continue to provide your usual NHS general medical care.
• Assess and treat urgent or emergency problems if you are unwell.
• Refer you on if a complication or concern is identified that requires hospital input.

Our practice will not:

• Provide routine bariatric follow-up (e.g. scheduled monitoring, dietary advice, structured blood testing, or specialist supplements) unless requested as part of NHS-commissioned bariatric services.

Patients can access private dietetic or bariatric follow-up services if this has not been included in their original treatment package. Information and advice are available at:

• NHS guidance on treatment abroad
• UHL guide on dietary advice after bariatric surgery