The National Obesity Surgery Centre
in the Media 2007

April / May 2007
The Daily Mail will be publishing an article about the Centre’s patient John May. He needed a balloon in order to lose weight because he had been refused hip and knee replacement surgery by the NHS on the basis of his weight. Having now successfully lost 4 stones, he will be having his surgery under the NHS within the next few weeks.

February / March 2007
The BBC are in the final stages of producing their “Real Lives” programme about the Centre to be screened within the next few months.

February 2007
Both Phillip Thomas and the Unsworth family were interviewed by the Tonight with Trevor McDonald Show for an episode relating to obesity; especially obesity surgery.

January 2007
The Daily Mirror published an article about the Centre’s patient Janice Bell, who lost more than 5 stones with her stomach balloon.