Free operations related to obesity surgery in Great Britain
It is through information relayed by Agence France Presse that hope for change is born for thousands of individuals suffering from this disease now classified as a risk factor in terms of public health.
The digital editorial staff of RTL (1) and the online version of the newspaper Ouest-France (2) have already relayed this information concerning the possible support for gastric operations in the United Kingdom.
According to WHO sources, overweight is known to affect nearly 1.5 billion adults worldwide. In Great Britain, 4 million obese people are victims of type II diabetes, which is acquired through the acquired habit of a poor lifestyle.
Who is concerned and what are the criteria for coverage?
It all starts in the United Kingdom where 800,000 obese people benefit from the conditions of the selective criteria of this measure published in a report of Friday July 11, 2014. According to the British Institute of Health, NICE (3) , individuals taken in charge are already victims of type II diabetes. Indeed, it is clear that people who are diagnosed with morbid obesity would be affected at the same time, a dysfunction of blood sugar and this chronically.
It is this dysfunction that leads to the deterioration of blood vessels and nerves. The complications are as follows: renal failure, retinopathy then blindness, impotence, myocardial infarction, gangrene of the toes and polyneuritis among others.
All these damages have a high cost in terms of their financial support. According to the Institute, these interventions, which consist of pausing a gastric band or bypassing the stomach, would allow obese people to better manage their diabetes. This is followed by an economic relief on the weight of the British social security system.
Better manage UK National Health Service accounts
Currently, the NHS (National Health Service) reimburses interventions for obese people who have a BMI over 40 or 35 in the case of type II diabetes. In the United Kingdom, as everywhere in the world, the British have seen the number of obese increase from year to year. At home, no less than 738 cases of new diabetics are diagnosed daily.
Faced with this disconcerting figure, NICE wishes to go further and wishes to reduce the traditionally accepted limit to an index of 30 with, as a condition, obesity known and diagnosed for ten years. It is with these criteria that the number of 800,000 morbidly overweight people emerges and for which the study will be further developed. Because, for the management to be complete, the patients must receive care for at least the two years following the gastric intervention.
A last resort for weight loss
The cost of diabetes to the NHS is estimated at 10% of the total UK health service budget, or £25,000 per minute to treat it. But the director Simon O’Neill of the NGO Diabetes UK reminds that these bariatric interventions carry risks. It remains a surgical operation with all the constraints that these entail. Thus, this remedy would be the last attempt for obese people to finally be able to regain a normal life. This is why the two years of follow-up are essential after the intervention so that the patients rebalance their way of life.
Stephen Paul is the lead author and founder of My Health Sponsor. Holder of a diploma in health and well-being coaching with more than 200 articles in the field of health, he makes it a point of honor to offer advice based on reliable information, based on scientific research, and verified by health professionals.