Obesity: Health Services

(asked on 7th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to encourage an increase in GP referrals to medical weight loss clinics.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 15th February 2022

The government has invested £20.4 million in the Weight Management Enhanced Service in 2021/22, which supports general practitioners (GPs) to refer individuals to Weight Management Services. The Department have published training for primary care staff to become Healthy Weight Coaches, who facilitate conversations about weight, signpost and refer people to services, and offer support. We are also working closely with the Royal College of General Practitioners to understand how to further support GP referrals to weight management services.

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