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Dear Oliver
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which we received on 15^th February 2023.   
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From: Oliver Caswell <[FOI #950073 email]>
Sent: 15 February 2023 14:05
To: foirequestshighland <[NHS Highland request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Weight Management in your Health
Board
 
Dear Highland NHS Board,

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

Please answer as many questions as you can - If a question is not
relevant, please state N/A.

Tier 3

1. Does your Health Board offer a tier 3 weight management service (or
equivalent specialist weight management service)? Is it self-commissioned?
If commissioned elsewhere, where (which health board/ social care trust)?

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

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

4. 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

5. Does your Health Board have access to a tier 4 weight management
service? If so, who Commissions it?

6. How many patients have been referred to your Health Board’s tier 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 Tier 4
weight management services in your Health Board?

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

OTHER

9. How many patients were referred through the 'local enhanced service for
referrals' to weight management services in your Health Board?

Many thanks for taking the time to answer these questions.

Yours faithfully,

Oliver Caswell

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Dear Oliver

Please find attached our response to your  Freedom of Information
request. 

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email [NHS Highland request email] quoting the above reference.

Gary

Gary McCarthy 
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Assynt House | Beechwood Park | Inverness | IV2 3BW 
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