• Osama Moussa, Roxanna Zakeri, Chanpreet Arhi, Mary O'Kane, Vanessa Snowdon-Carr, Vinod Menon, Kamal Mahawar, Sanjay Purkayastha, and PanSurg collaborative (COVESITY).
• Division of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, W2 1NY, UK. omoussa@imperial.ac.uk.
• Obes Surg. 2021 Feb 1; 31 (2): 904-908.

AbstractCoronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) has had a severe impact on all aspects of global healthcare delivery. This study aimed to investigate the nationwide impact of the pandemic on obesity management services in the UK in a questionnaire-based survey conducted of professionals involved in the delivery. A total of 168 clinicians took the survey; the majority of which maintained their usual clinical roles and were not redeployed except physicians and nurse specialists. Nearly all (97.8%) elective bariatric surgery was cancelled, 67.3% of units cancelled all multidisciplinary meeting activity, and the majority reduced clinics (69.6%). Most respondents anticipated that the services would recommence within 1-3 months. This study found that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on the services involved in the management of patients suffering from severe, complex obesity in the UK.

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