Dear NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group,

I would be grateful if you could please answer the following questions with regards to Tier 3 Weight Management Services:

1. How many FTE members of staff does your tier 3 weight management service employ, what position and by what grade are these

2. How often does this service operate

3. How many patients have been referred from your PCO (CCG or Health Board) to a tier 3 weight management service in the past 12 months

4. If you commission this service, what was the total number that were referred from other PCO's (Other CCG's or Health Boards).

5. If your PCO has a tier 3 weight management service, what type of contract is in place (EG, block contract, blended contract)

6. As per the Endocrinology GIRFT report, what plans does your PCO have to undertake the specific actions outlined in the report? What timelines have been applied?

7. Have you adopted the local enhanced service for referrals to weight management

For the purpose of service improvement, please be aware that this information will be shared with NHS England.

Thank you for your time in answering these questions and I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

Oliver Caswell

INFORMATION (NHS EAST AND NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE CCG), NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group

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Dear Applicant

 

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|FOI Reference Number: |FOI211117 |
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|Date FOI Received: |14/12/2021 |
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|Date Response due: |11/01/2022 |
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|Subject: |Weight Management |
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INFORMATION (NHS EAST AND NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE CCG), NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group

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Dear Applicant

 

Further to your Freedom of Information request, this has now been
considered and the information requested is provided below.

 

FOI Reference Number: FOI211117
Date FOI Received: 1412/2021
Date Response due: 11/01/2022
Subject: Weight Management

 

NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG’s response is:

 

 

I would be grateful if you could please answer the following questions
with regards to Tier 3 Weight Management Services:

 

1. How many FTE members of staff does your tier 3 weight management
service employ, what position and by what grade are these

 

2. How often does this service operate

 

3. How many patients have been referred from your PCO (CCG or Health
Board) to a tier 3 weight management service in the past 12 months

 

4. If you commission this service, what was the total number that were
referred from other PCO's (Other CCG's or Health Boards).

 

5. If your PCO has a tier 3 weight management service, what type of
contract is in place (EG, block contract, blended contract)

 

6. As per the Endocrinology GIRFT report, what plans does your PCO have to
undertake the specific actions outlined in the report?  What timelines
have been applied?

 

7. Have you adopted the local enhanced service for referrals to weight
management

 

 

Response:

Please see attached.

 

 

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and North Hertfordshire CCG and is therefore subject to Intellectual
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Yours sincerely

 

Freedom of Information Lead

 

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