Select committee: Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 10
5th Report - Food and Weight Management: Modernising obesity treatment
Published 23 Oct 2026
Addressed to Department of Health and Social Care
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The obesity modern service framework should commit to an increase in the number of bariatric procedures carried out per year, to ensure the UK does not lag behind its counterparts. We recommend that this is initially a doubling of the current provision, to around 13,000 procedures. This target should be reviewed every five years. To support this, the government should explore options for expanding existing, or building new, surgical hubs for bariatric surgery, prioritising areas with little to no provision. (Recommendation, Paragraph 36)
From: Health and Social Care Committee, 5th Report - Food and Weight Management: Modernising obesity treatment (HC 518), 23 October 2026
Government response
Government response awaited: deadline 23 December 2026.