Tier 3&4 Weight management services

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Shwetha Ravichanderan

Dear NHS England,

I would be grateful if you could answer a few questions about your Tier 3 and Tier 4 specialist weight management (obesity-related) services,

1. How many Tier 3 specialist weight management service for obesity services are available across England? Could a list be provided?
2. How many patients have been referred to this service in the past year?
3. What medications are prescribed as part of this service? Specifically, are Orlistat (Xenical) and Saxenda (Liraglutide) prescribed? Or Wegovy (semaglutide) used for obesity management?
4. How many Tier 4 specialist weight management service for obesity services are available across England? Could a list be provided?
5. How many bariatric surgeries have been conducted in the past year?
6. Is there an obesity care pathway for referral and if yes, can this be shared?

Yours faithfully,

Shwetha Ravichanderan

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Thank you for your communication dated 17 May 2022.

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Your exact request was:

“I would be grateful if you could answer a few questions about your Tier 3
and Tier 4 specialist weight management (obesity-related) services,

1. How many Tier 3 specialist weight management service for obesity
services are available across England? Could a list be provided?
2. How many patients have been referred to this service in the past year?
3. What medications are prescribed as part of this service? Specifically,
are Orlistat (Xenical) and Saxenda (Liraglutide) prescribed? Or Wegovy
(semaglutide) used for obesity management?
4. How many Tier 4 specialist weight management service for obesity
services are available across England? Could a list be provided?
5. How many bariatric surgeries have been conducted in the past year?
6. Is there an obesity care pathway for referral and if yes, can this be
shared?”

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