Showing posts with label weight management services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weight management services. Show all posts

Friday, 21 March 2014

Joined up clinical pathways for obesity

"NHS England should in the medium term prioritise early consideration of the transfer of the majority of adult bariatric surgery to local commissioning, through CCGs, once they have been shown to be functioning well with sufficent volume of patients to justify de-specialising the service."

Report of the working group into: Joined up clinical pathways for obesity
Jamie Blackshaw, S Montel, S King, A Jarvis, J Valabhji
NHS England
March 2014

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Thursday, 21 March 2013

Developing a specification for lifestyle weight management services


"The guidance has been developed by the Department of Health, working closely with public health commissioners, weight management providers, and includes input from academics with expertise in weight management."

Developing a specification for lifestyle weight management services: best practice guidance for tier 2 services
Obesity and Food Policy Branch, Department of Health
March 2013

Read more here.