http://www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk/index/news-app/author.Editor News from www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk en 2012-05-17T23:16:07300:10 hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk/index/news-app/story.66/title.nhs-should-wake-up-to-the-potential-for-obesity-surgery-to-save-lives-and-resources-says-gravitas-surgeon It’s time the NHS woke up to the potential for bariatric surgery to save lives and resources, according to Gravitas surgeon David Kerrigan. In a speech today at the Primary Care Conference 2011, he called for more obesity surgery to be funded by the NHS at a time when ‘ingrained ignorance and prejudice still dominate the debate’. 2011-05-26 http://www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk/index/news-app/story.65/title.see-us-at-the-confetti-wedding-fayre-in-liverpool-this-weekend Keen to lose weight before your wedding? Gravitas will be exhibiting at the Confetti Wedding Fayre in Liverpool this weekend, so if you’re keen to shed the pounds and look your best on your important day, do drop by. 2011-03-17 http://www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk/index/news-app/story.64/title.gravitas-patient-martin-blackburn-featured-on-itv-news A Gravitas patient who lost nearly 23 stone after weight loss surgery was featured on ITV News today. In the Granada special, Isle of Man resident Martin Blackburn describes how life was 'pretty miserable' before a duodenal switch procedure performed by Gravitas surgeon David Kerrigan helped him lose 75% of his body weight in just two years. 2011-03-08 http://www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk/index/news-app/story.63/title.training-vital-to-gastric-band-success-says-david-kerrigan-in-bella-magazine-story-on-vanessa-feltz-s-weight-battle Speaking in today’s Bella Magazine, Gravitas surgeon David Kerrigan says training is vital to get the most out of a gastric band. “Having a band put in doesn’t guarantee weight loss,” he explains. “It’s dependent on how the person with the band uses it. 2011-03-01 http://www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk/index/news-app/story.59/title.gravitas-patient-neil-salter-featured-in-today-s-daily-mail A Gravitas patient who lost 12 stone following weight loss surgery is featured in the Daily Mail today. Neil Salter, who used to weigh over 26 stone, talks about the duodenal switch procedure he underwent in today's "Me and My Operation" section. 2011-02-15 http://www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk/index/news-app/story.60/title.potentially-life-saving-operation-performed-by-gravitas-surgeon-to-be-shown-on-irish-tv Fans of popular Irish TV progamme Operation Transformation will get a chance to see a Gravitas patient with a heart defect undergoing potentially life-saving weight loss surgery this week. 2011-02-08 http://www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk/index/news-app/story.61/title.dublin-man-describes-on-irish-tv-how-weight-loss-surgery-performed-by-gravitas-changed-his-life A man from Dublin who lost nearly 10 stone following weight loss surgery will describe on this week’s popular Irish TV programme Operation Transformation how weight loss surgery completely transformed his life. 2011-02-07 http://www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk/index/news-app/story.58/title.gravitas-surgeon-horrified-to-learn-unscrupulous-clinics-are-performing-operations-on-slim-women Speaking in the Daily Mirror today, Gravitas consultant surgeon David Kerrigan says he is horrified to learn that some unscrupulous clinics are apparently performing gastric operations on slim women. 2011-01-17 http://www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk/index/news-app/story.56/title.gravitas-opens-clinic-in-belfast-to-help-address-northern-ireland-s-growing-obesity-problem Gravitas has opened a clinic in Belfast to help address the growing obesity problem in Northern Ireland, where around 50,000 people may be eligible for surgery, it is claimed. 2010-10-31 http://www.gravitas-ltd.co.uk/index/news-app/story.62/title.gravitas-surgeon-reveals-how-vanessa-feltz-s-decision-to-have-gastric-band-surgery-overseas-was-greeted-with-dismay- In an interview with Jenni Murray and Vanessa Feltz broadcast last week on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Gravitas surgeon Mr David Kerrigan described how Feltz's decision to have her gastric band surgery overseas was greeted with 'utter dismay' by obesity specialists. 2010-08-19