The impact of covid-19 has highlighted a
number of health inequalities across England as referenced in the
Build Back Fairer Covid-19 Marmot review (2021) and has also
exacerbated the obesity rates in our borough. As part of
PHE’s national recovery plan for obesity, local authorities
have been allocated funding to provide services to support the
obesity recovery including the funds to support Tier 2 weight
management services . As we de-commissioned our Tier 2 weight
management service for adults in 2016 we are proposing to use the
funds to set up a community based pilot using an existing weight
management provider and in-house teams to develop a service for
those individuals with a BMI > 30 until 31st March 2022 due to
the tight timescale and covid-19 implications. The decision was
made not to tender due to the timescale and the fact that we want
to join up our current Tier 3 /Tier 4 weight management services to
extend the weight management offer , to keep it local and also to
use it as a pilot to test potential demand and uptake.
Details of the proposed service are available on request and the
programme (Be Well, Feel Good) will be live in autumn 2021.
Referrals into the service will be via primary care and self
-referral. A communications plan will be developed prior to
mobilisation by the provider.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 14/10/2021
Decision due: 28 Jul 2021 by Director of Public Health
Contact: Dr Rupert Suckling, Director of Public Health and Prevention Email: rupert.suckling@doncaster.gov.uk.