Obesity surgery ‘will save HSE millions’

The HSE can recoup the cost of bariatric surgery within two years and then go on to save millions on medication costs, according to obesity experts.

The new national data was produced by the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (IrSPEN) and the Association for the Study of Obesity.

They found there was a 97% decrease in the cost of diabetes medication for people who underwent obesity surgery in the last 12 months.