Bariatric psychology in the UK National Health Service: input across the patient pathway

BMC Obesity

Table 1 Data provided by 21 bariatric services on the number of bariatric procedures performed and the amount of psychology resources available by site

Service	Number of procedures per year	Psychology time available per week^a
Service	Number of procedures per year	(0.1 = half a day per week, 1.0 = 5 days per week)
0-100 procedures
A	5	0.2
B	40	.5
C	45	.2
D	48	.2
E	50	0.5
F	50	0.6
G	70	0.4
H	80	1.7
I	75	0.1
J	80	0.1
K	84	.3
L	Not sure	0.4
M	100	.25
101-200 procedures
N	135	0.4
O	199	0.4
P	200	0.2
201-500 procedures
Q	230	0.6
R	250	0.2
S	450	2.5
T	400	0.5
U	450	1.2
V	500	0.8

As discussed earlier Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) refers to the number of psychology hours available in a week using a denominator of the standard NHS fulltime working hours (37.5). A WTE of 0.1 equates to half a day per week, 1.0 equates to 5 days per week and greater than 1.0 indicates that there is more than one fulltime psychologist in the service (e.g. 1.2 WTE = 1 fulltime psychologist plus 1 day of another psychologist).

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