Monday 29 April 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_7581
Date Request Received: 30/11/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 18/12/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Weight management services
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Does your Trust offer a weight management service/support to patients with obesity? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Response from Surgery Division: No we don't offer any weight management services at SFT- if Dietetics get referrals for inpatients we direct them to their GP to refer on. Other clinicians, including Pre-op Assessment, would also refer patients back to their Primary Care for support, i.e. GPs. Response from Clinical Support & Family Services (CSFS) Division: Yes and No. Child Health are not commissioned to deliver weight management services alone (for uncomplicated high BMI). However weight management forms a significant part of managing Complications of Excess Weight in the General Paediatric Service | |
| Question Number 2: If yes, please confirm the name and type of each service | |
| Answer To Question 2: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: For Complications of Excess Weight- Dr Carl Taylor (Consultant Paediatrician), Paediatric Dietetic Service, Hospital Sport Centre | |
| Question Number 3: What healthcare professionals are delivering these services and how many (FTE)? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: For Complications of Excess Weight Dr Carl Taylor – approx 0.5 PA involves managing Complications of Excess Weight | |
| Question Number 4: If not, which organisation commissions these services for your population? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Response from Surgery Division: Unknown, we would refer patients back to their GPs for onward referral to local bariatric services. Response from CSFS Division: No commissioned service. | |
| Question Number 5: Please list the relevant services provided to your population. | |
| Answer To Question 5: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: Wiltshire Council provide Healthy Me | |
| Question Number 6: How many places were commissioned for each service for FY 2023/34? | |
| Answer To Question 6: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: No commissioned service. | |
| Question Number 7: How many referrals have been received so far for each service in FY 2023/24? | |
| Answer To Question 7: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: Unable to sort general Paediatric referrals by diagnosis | |
| Question Number 8: How many patients are currently waiting for their first appointment for each of these services? | |
| Answer To Question 8: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: Unable to sort general Paediatric referrals by diagnosis | |
| Question Number 9: Which funding pot(s) is used to deliver the weight management services? | |
| Answer To Question 9: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: For Complications of Excess Weight -General Paediatric | |
| Question Number 10: What was the value of the budget for each service in FY 23/24? | |
| Answer To Question 10: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: No commissioned service for Weight management alone, therefore unable to quantify | |
| Question Number 11: Do you anticipate expanding, maintaining or decreasing the current service provision in the next financial year? | |
| Answer To Question 11: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: It is likely the number of patients with complications from their weight will increase. | |
| Question Number 12: Are there currently staffing vacancies in these services, if so please provide the title, grade and FTE for each vacancy. | |
| Answer To Question 12: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: No commissioned service for Weight management alone, therefore unable to quantify | |
| Question Number 13: Who is the senior person in the Trust who is responsible for commissioning this service? | |
| Answer To Question 13: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: No commissioned service for Weight management alone, therefore unable to answer | |
| Question Number 14: Who is the senior person in the Trust who is responsible for the delivery of this service? | |
| Answer To Question 14: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: No commissioned service for Weight management alone, therefore unable to answer | |
| Question Number 15: If this service is outsourced, who is your provider, and what is the duration and end date of their contract? | |
| Answer To Question 15: Response from Surgery Division: N/A Response from CSFS Division: No commissioned service for Weight management alone, therefore unable to answer | |
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