David Haslam
Professor David Haslam is a GP specialising in obesity and cardiometabolic disease, and a member of ESCO (Experts in Severe and Complex Obesity), a multidisciplinary group which has been set up to improve access and treatment for severe and complex obesity on the NHS.
CommentIs the UK failing patients in obesity services?
Commissioners seem to be unprepared for a multi-million pound obesity surgery bill
HSJ KnowledgeGetting patients to take responsibility for their own health
Patients will only progress when they take responsibility, writes David Haslam.
HSJ KnowledgeIs more surgery the answer to the nation's obesity crisis?
Obesity is perhaps the biggest crisis facing the nation’s health. Effective treatments such as bariatric surgery must be used more widely, say David Haslam and Carel Le Roux.
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GPs in the dock: case for the defence
Around 90 per cent of NHS work is done by family doctors, so why is there so much heat around their pay and workload? The Royal College of GPs' president answers the critics