Specialist multidisciplinary weight management service
The specialist multidisciplinary weight management team includes a Medical Consultant, Dietitian, Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Exercise Professional and Therapy Assistant.
The ‘Help with my weight’ team can consider referral to the specialist multidisciplinary team for people meeting the following criteria:
- Completed KindEating programme, who have made changes to eating and physical activity and need further specific support with more complex issues
- BMI over 45kg/m2
- Referred to ‘Help with my weight’ by healthcare professional
- Able to attend regular face-to-face appointments during working hours
- Ready to commit to a minimum further 6-month programme. This involves a considerable amount of commitment to further behaviour changes.
Please note referral by healthcare professional is required for patients with BMI over 45kg/m2 to ensure we have the necessary information to provide the appropriate support.
Following assessment, the multidisciplinary team will offer an individualised programme according to your needs. This could be:
- Working with a Dietitian to change eating patterns
- Psychological therapy
- Working with an Occupational Therapist to overcome barriers to weight loss or to improve wellbeing
- Attending a group to address wellbeing or emotional/binge eating.
- Working with an Excercise Professional to increase activity.
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- An appointment with the Medical Consultant, to assess your metabolic health and offer treatment, if needed.
The team can consider referral on for weight loss (bariatric) surgery if appropriate. For such a referral, individuals need to demonstrate a period of engagement with the specialist service and show psychological and physical readiness for weight loss surgery. There is currently a considerable wait for surgery, in excess of two years.