Study of UK diabetic patients suggests obesity surgery could save National Health Service almost £100,000 per patient

A small study presented at this year's European Obesity Summit in Gothenburg (1-4 June) shows that obese patients with type 2 diabetes who have obesity surgery could save the UK National Health Service around £95,000 per patient across his or her lifetime, mostly due to savings on future medication costs due to remission of diabetes. The study is by Dr Samantha Chambers and Mr Steven John Robinson, Consultant Bariatric Surgeon, Royal Worcestershire Hospital, UK, and colleagues.