Weight Management Services
Dear NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care 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 PCO.
Please answer as many questions as you can - If a question is not relevant, please state N/A.
Tier 3
1. Does your PCO offer a tier 3 weight management service (or equivalent specialist weight management service)? Is it self-commissioned? If commissioned elsewhere, where (other ICB/ health board/ trust)?
2. For how many patients is your PCO’s tier 3 weight management service (or equivalent specialist weight management service) commissioned for?
3. How many patients have been referred from your PCO 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 PCO have access to a tier 4 weight management service? If so, who Commissions it?
6. How many patients have been referred to your PCO’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 PCO
8. What is the average waiting time to access your 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 PCO?
Many thanks for taking the time to answer these questions.
Kindest Regards,
Oli
Yours faithfully,
Oliver Caswell
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
FOI Reference: 70038
Dear Oliver Caswell
I acknowledge receipt of your FOI request on behalf of NHS Coventry and
Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) which we received on 18 January
2023.
A response to your request will be sent within 20 working days after
receipt, the date 15 February 2023.
Yours sincerely
Lindsay Parker
On behalf of NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB
FOI team Arden & GEM CSU
Engagement, Communications and Marketing
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
St. John’s House, East Street, Leicester, LE1 6NB
T: 01246 514965
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Dear Oliver Caswell
Please find attached letter in response to your recent request on behalf of NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB.
Kind regards
Lindsay Parker
Senior Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
St. John’s House, East Street, Leicester, LE1 6NB
T: 01246 514965
E: [NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board request email]
W: www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk
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