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Iain Lang

Iain Lang

Consultant anaesthetist and intensive care medicine doctor (NHS Lanarkshire), Medical Director at Cosmedicare St. Ellen's Private Hospital in Glasgow.

Sep 21, 2026

Laid Bare

Laid Bare

Inside Cosmedicare: Surgeons, Anaesthetists & The Reality of Patient Care

Sep 21 · 1h 6m

Gill Baird
Gill BairdHOST
28:14
Ian, can you explain the patient selection criteria at Kids Medicare and how that correlates with patient safety and why we change that for some procedures?
Iain Lang
Iain LangGUEST
28:22
Sure.
Iain Lang
Iain LangGUEST
28:23
So we have different kind of guidelines for bariatric and non-bariatric surgeries.
Iain Lang
Iain LangGUEST
28:27
So if you take the lion's share of our activity, which is cosmetic work, we accept BMIs of up to 35.
Iain Lang
Iain LangGUEST
28:38
We'll accept BMIs of between 35 to 40 discussed on a case-by-case basis.
Iain Lang
Iain LangGUEST
28:46
But we exclude patients with BMIs of greater than 40.
Iain Lang
Iain LangGUEST
28:51
High BMIs unfortunately cause problems for your anaesthetic.
Gill Baird
Gill BairdHOST
30:10
Can you explain why we don't offer that within our facility?

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