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