The Kingston Healthy Weight Centre (KHWC) is a Multidisciplinary Team that aims to provide comprehensive support to achieve weight loss, improve overall health and reduce obesity-related complications.

Please note there is currently a national shortage of weight loss injections. If your referral to KHWC is accepted, we will invite you for an initial assessment appointment and, if the multidisciplinary team feel that weight loss injections would be appropriate for you, we will place you on a waiting list. We are currently not able to prescribe weight loss injections. If the situation changes, we will update this information. (14 September 2024)

Meet the team

  • Ema Leyton Reyes – Metabolic CNS
  • Zoey Barlow – Metabolic Dietitian
  • Ms.Vasha Kaur (Lead) –  Surgical Consultant
  • Mr. Francesco Villa – Surgical Consultant
  • Mr. Ioannis Gerogiannis  –  Surgical Consultant
  • Dr. Sharief Sharaf (Lead) – Anaesthetic Consultants
  • Dr. Ram Kumar – Anaesthetic Consultants
  • Dr. Henry Lewith – Anaesthetic Consultants
  • Dr. Ye Kyaw (Lead) – Physicians
  • Dr. Muralidhara Koteshwara – Physicians
  • Amber Carroll – Administrator
  • Metabolic Psychologist (Awaiting appointment)

Referral

Referrals are to be made by GPs completing the Referral Form (download) and sent it via email to khft.khwcreferrals@nhs.net

  • Patients with a BMI of 40Kg/m2 or over OR with a BMI of 35-40 kg/m2 with one or more related conditions.
  • Patients with a BMI over 30 kg/m2 with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus of less than 10 years can be referred to the service.
  • Patients with a South Asian, Chinese, other Asian, Middle Eastern, Black African, or African-Caribbean family background have a lower BMI threshold by 2.5kg/m2.

  • Patients < 18 years old
  • Patients planning a pregnancy in the next 2 years, currently pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Patients with a severe and / or enduring mental health difficulty that are not assessed or adequately managed (including self-harm or suicide in the past 12 months).
  • Patients with an eating difficulty to the degree of an eating disorder.
  • Patients diagnosed with a malignancy <24 months prior or receiving treatment for a malignancy.
  • Patients receiving palliative or end of life care.
  • Patients unfit for General Anaesthesia. 

More information

See more information on the Kingston Healthy Weight Centre.

See more information on preparing for weight loss injections.