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<p>Information about National Health Service spending on bariatric surgery is available
from reference costs, which are the average cost to NHS trusts and NHS foundation
trusts for providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients. Reference
costs for acute care are collected by Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs), which are
standard groupings of clinically similar treatments that consume common levels of
healthcare resource. The HRGs in the attached table are specific to bariatric surgery.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Estimated cost of bariatric surgery to NHS
providers in England by HRG, 2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Total cost
(£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FZ84Z</p></td><td><p>Stomach Bypass Procedures
for Obesity</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FZ85Z</p></td><td><p>Restrictive
Stomach Procedures for Obesity</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FZ86Z</p></td><td><p>Endoscopic
Insertion of Gastric Balloon for Obesity</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Total estimated cost</p></td><td><p>25.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>Source: </em>Reference costs, Department of Health</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>Data includes the cost of procedures performed
in day case, ordinary elective, non-elective and outpatient settings. Other costs
outside of these settings are not included.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have
given local authorities a budget of £8.2 billion over three years to help them manage
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addition, Public Health England runs a range of well-known marketing programmes such
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These deliver positive health outcomes, such as reducing adult smoking prevalence
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