Dear Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

I would be grateful if you could please answer the following questions with regards to tier 3 and 4 weight management services.

Please answer all relevant questions - if a question is not applicable/ cannot be answered, please state this.

Tier 3

1. Do you have/ commission a tier 3 weight management service? If so, is this is on behalf of an ICB, (which ICB/ Sub ICB)?

2. For how many patients is your tier 3 weight management service (or equivalent specialist weight management service) commissioned for?

3. How many patients have been referred to your tier 3 weight management service (or equivalent specialist weight management service) in the past 12 months?

4. How many patients have been treated by your tier 3 weight management service (or equivalent specialist weight management service) in the past 12 months?

5. What is the average waiting time to access your Tier 3 weight management service (or equivalent specialist weight management service) in the past 12 months?

Tier 4

6. How many patients have been referred to your 4 weight management service (or equivalent specialist weight management service) in the past 12 months?

7. What is the current number of patients on a waiting list for your Tier 4 weight management service?

8. What is the average waiting time to access your Tier 4 weight management service?

9. What is the average waiting time to receiving bariatric surgery in your service?

Yours faithfully,

Oliver Caswell