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  • FOI request (FOI206457)

    Weight Management System

    Requested Fri 10 February 2017
    Responded  Fri 10 February 2017

    This is a Freedom of Information request regarding Local Authority commissioned weight management. Please can you answer Part A, and if the answer is Yes complete Part B.

    Part A

    Does your Local Authority commission a weight management service, such as Weight Watchers/Slimming World etc and subsidise/provide this free to the public on prescription from their GP for a period of time?

    Part B - Please answer the questions in Red Bold which relate to people who were referred to the programme at least 12 months ago.

    How long does the Local Authority/commissioner subsidise this programme for social prescribing (in weeks)?

    Number of weeks the public are able to obtain this support via a GP referral without cost to themselves/as a subsidised package

    About the participants                                  

                                                

    Number of participants

    Number of men and women who enrol in the intervention broken down by gender

                                  

    Mean age                           

    Average age of participants at the start of the intervention broken down by gender

                                                   

    Mean starting BMI                         

    The average BMI of participants when starting on the intervention

                   

                                                   

    About your intervention                                              

                                                   

    Uptake period 

    The time before full uptake of the intervention is achieved, the time period between the first and last participant being recruited

                   

    Drop outs (percent) (men & women)

    The percentage of individuals who enrol on the programme who do not complete it.

                                                   

    Reduction in BMI

    The average reduction in BMI for people who complete the intervention

                                                                   

    Time taken to achieve reduction

    The average time between starting on the intervention and achieving the final weight reduction

                   

    Duration of maximum weight loss

    The average time the maximum weight loss is maintained

    The number of people sustaining weight loss at 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after completion of the subsidised/free weight loss sessions as a percentage of the total number of people referred to the programme in the past 18 months

                                                   

    Costs of Intervention                                    

                                                   

    Cost to Local Authority (£s)         

    £0           project costs                                                      Centralised Local Authority project costs independent of the number of participants

                    £0           costs per participant                      Local Autority costs per participant recruited

                                    £0           total                                                      Total costs

                                                   

    Costs to NHS (£s)            

    £0           project costs                                                      Centralised NHS project costs independent of the number of participants

                                    £0           costs per participant                      NHS costs per participant recruited

                                    £0           total                                                      Total costs


    Response

    Information not held

    Part A - No

    Part B - n/a

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