Health Shared Logo whiteHealth Shared Logo dark
What is involved in the medical management of obesity tier-3 treatment?
Weight Loss Management StrategiesCollaborative Care Approachesgynecologic surgeryweight loss surgerynutritionpsychology

What is involved in the medical management of obesity tier-3 treatment?

Tier 3 is clinically driven weight management services that can be provided in primary or secondary care and include a multidisciplinary team (MDT) made up of specialized dietitians, nurses, psychologists, and physiotherapists. Mr. Ahmed Ahmed, in this video, talks about the medical management of obesity through tier-3 treatment.

Transcript (auto-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically and may contain errors.

What is involved in the medical management of a reintroduced to a Tier 3 patient? In the National Health Service, before you can be referred for a weight loss surgery or gynecologic surgery, you have to first undergo what's called a Tier 3 weight loss program. These can be, for example, classes in nutrition, also appointments with physicians or psychologists. Normally, they can be lost in 6 months, occasionally up to a year, but it is important for most conditioning bodies that patients first go through the Tier 3 program before they are allowed to progress to Tier 4, which is late-life surgery.

Comments