FOI240164: Obesity and weight management – Tier 3

Released 13 June 2024:

1. Does your Trust provide a Tier 3 weight management service?
2. If answer to question 1 was yes:
   • How many patients did this service support in 2023/24?
   • How many patients are currently on the waiting list for the service?
   • What is the current average waiting time in weeks for this service?
   • Is the service commissioned to include pharmacotherapy?
   • Is your Tier 3 service face-to-face only, or do you provide a digital-only weight management service?
3. If answer to question 1 was no, do you have any plans to provide a Tier 3 service in 2024/25?
4. Were patients prescribed Wegovy (semaglutide) in your Trust in 2023/24?
5. If answer to question 4 was yes:
   1. How many patients were prescribed Wegovy in 2023/24?
   2. Clinicians from which specialties (e.g. endocrinology, cardiology etc) prescribed Wegovy in 2023/24?
6. Who in your organisation would be responsible for the the management of weight management services and/or diabetes? Please provide name, position and contact details where possible.

Information disclosed:

1. No
2. Not applicable
3. No
4. Yes

5A. ≤5*; please note this information is specific to the brand Wegovy as per your question. *This data has been anonymised in line with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Anonymisation: Managing Data Protection Risk Code of Practice as it relates to the disclosure of information relevant to a small number of living people.

We consider the disclosure of more specific information to be exempt under section 40(2) [personal information] exemption.

5B. Clinicians from the following specialities prescribed Wegovy over this period: diabetes/endocrine, paediatrics.

6. As is the case for most NHS organisations, we are not of the view that it is appropriate to routinely release the names and contact details of our staff into the public domain through the FOIA. This is to safeguard our staff from companies that may misuse this information. 

Exempt under section 40(2) [personal information] exemption of the Act. 

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