The NHS Weight Management National Enhanced Service aims to support practices to develop a proactive approach to the identification and support of patients with obesity (defined by this Enhanced Service as BMI at least 30, or at least 27.5 if Black, Asian, or other ethnic minority groups).
To support the requirements of the enhanced service, Ardens has the following resources available.
Patient Status Alert
A patient status alert will appear on a patients home screen if they are eligible for a referral under the Weight Management Enhanced Service. This alert will say the following. By actioning the alert, the Obesity & Weight Management template will launch.
Referring
On the 'Referral' page of the 'Obesity & Weight Management' template, you have the various eligibility guidance for each Tier, from Tier 2 (local) weight management, Tier 3 specialist referrals, Tier 4 surgical referrals, Digital Weight Management, NHS Diabetes Prevention and the NHS Diabetes Path to Remission. The relevant boxes should be filled out or ticked to determine if the specific patient meets the corresponding criteria. There is also a 'Referral' button to launch the specific referral form for Digital Weight Management, as well as at the bottom a button to launch the local Communications Template (Ardens Pro only) to select any other local referral form.
The Digital Weight Management options are also available from the 'Online' pages of the 'Hypertension' and 'Diabetes' templates.
Activity Reporting
Weight Management ES
Reports can be found in 'Contracts I 2024 25 I NHSE', where you can see your eligible patients and activity by month and year. There are also Work to do and Data Quality reports to keep on top of this work throughout the year