This referral to NHS specialist care following the patient’s private bariatric surgery is being made on the advice of the British Obesity and Metabolic Society, whose guidance is that follow-up two years after such surgery should be under specialist care.
[X Practice] is not able to provide such specialist care and cannot take responsibility for doing so. Please therefore do not reject this referral, as it will be returned to you.
If your service has capacity issues in terms of managing such follow-up care, please contact your ICB for advice and support.
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Statement Template B – Addendum for NHS referral post-private surgery