BOMSS looks forward to welcoming Delegates and Industry to the 15th BOMSS Annual Scientific Meeting which will be taking place at the Harrogate Convention Centre from the 4th – 5th June 2024. The BOMSS ASM Committee have been hard at work organising a fantastic programme, including topical debates, MDT discussions and fantastic abstract presentations. We are delighted to share the Annual Scientific Meeting programme, please click the button below to view this. Click here to view the ASM programme Click here to register for the ASM ..read more

Applications are invited for one of our two Royal College of Surgeons accredited Bariatric Clinical Fellowships. Phoenix Health was founded by Prof David Kerrigan, Past-President of BOMSS and the fellowship programme is in its 16th year. The training is delivered by a team of 4 bariatric surgeons led by Mr Shafiq Javed, a senior bariatric surgeon with over 25-year experience in performing complex primary & revisional bariatric surgery. We currently perform over 60 bariatric procedures per month referred through our supra-regional NHS contract and the self-funding route. The Phoenix ..read more

Dear Colleagues and Friends, I am thrilled to confirm the 2024 dates for the 7th BOMSS Expert Meeting. The meeting is run by and for all BOMSS members and has now reached the 7th edition and will be held in the same location as the previous years. Both the hotel and the beautiful Italian Dolomites in the village of Corvara have indeed met our expectations in the previous conferences and contributed to the success of the meeting. Dates for this year are 23 – 27 March 2024, Saturday to Wednesday, with a scientific programme running from Monday to Tuesday evening. Half board accommodation (for 4 ..read more

BOMSS looks forward to welcoming Delegates and Industry to the 15th BOMSS Annual Scientific Meeting which we are delighted to confirm will be taking place in Harrogate on 4th and 5th June 2024. BOMSS will be holding the BOMSS Training Day for Trainee Surgeons and Integrated Healthcare Professionals on Monday 3rd June 2024, the day before the meeting commences. Early bird registration is now open, please click the button below to book your place. Click here to register for the BOMSS ASM 2024 Call for Abstracts BOMSS would like to invite authors to submit abstracts for the meeting. Successful or ..read more

BOMSS have a number of council roles that we wish to fill and are looking for those who wish to make a contribution to the leadership of our specialty as a member of BOMSS Council. We have carefully considered the election process, and to be consistent with the constitution of our CIO, these council roles will be elected by the full membership. This means that IHPs, trainees and consultant BOMSS members all have a vote for these roles, and subsequent elections into trainee and surgeon roles. These roles will be provided with full administrative and other support as needed, to enable effective ..read more

The BOMSS Council of Management have been considering the next steps for BOMSS as an organisation and would greatly value feedback from both BOMSS members and non-members on where we can focus our efforts and make improvements going forwards. We have created an open-ended survey which we would be grateful if you could please complete. Please do feel free to share this survey with colleagues who may be interested in providing feedback. The deadline to complete the survey is 4pm on 11th December 2023. Please contact BOMSS Secretariat at info@bomss.org should you need more information. Please cli ..read more

We understand that accessing bariatric (weight loss) surgery on the NHS can be a frustrating experience and BOMSS is working hard to improve this situation. One consequence of the current lack of NHS provision of this treatment is that people decide to self-fund their care, either in the UK or abroad. BOMSS strongly advises UK residents to be cautious when considering bariatric surgery abroad. Care in the UK is tightly regulated with all providers regularly monitored and inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England and Wales, and Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) in Scotland ..read more

Dear Colleagues, You will all be aware of the recent publication of updated CG189 guidance for obesity which was published by NICE on July 26, 2023 – Overview | Obesity: identification, assessment and management | Guidance | NICE. BOMSS Council members Helen Parretti and Omar Khan, and BOMSS Trustee Rachel Batterham, were members of the NICE committee who drew up this guidance that is highly supportive of bariatric surgery and that recognises the difficulties people living with obesity experience in accessing surgery. The main changes in guidance are as follows: Tier 3 – Specialised weight man ..read more

The role of Chair of the National Bariatric Surgery Registry (NBSR) committee has become available, following the successful appointment of Prof. Kamal Mahawar as BOMSS Treasurer. We would therefore like to invite nominations from the membership to the Chair of the NBSR committee role. The tenure for this role is 3 years and applicants must be a current BOMSS member. The committee meet several times a year, both online and in-person at the BOMSS Annual Scientific Meeting. Roles and Responsibilities The Chair of the NBSR Committee role entails: – Overseeing the activities of the various subcomm ..read more

BOMSS are pleased to announce the launch of the BOMSS GP Hub. The BOMSS GP Hub is a suite of six documents that have been developed by a multi-disciplinary working group and aim to support bariatric surgery follow-up in primary care: BOMSS post-bariatric surgery nutritional guidance for GPs, BOMSS traffic light poster for the management of complications post-bariatric surgery, BOMSS overview of GP management of patients post-bariatric surgery, BOMSS pre-consultation questionnaire for patients, BOMSS GP consultation guide of post-bariatric surgery annual reviews, BOMSS guidance on medications p ..read more