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Useful information for pharmacists/pharmacy staff

  1. England specific
  2. Scotland specific
  3. Northern Ireland specific
  4. Wales specific

Useful information for pharmacists/pharmacy staff:

 

England specific

NHSE and Public Health England (PHE)

Best practice guidance for weight management services

NHSE Tier 2 Weight Management Services

NHSE Enhanced service specification: Weight management 2021/22

 

Health Education England

Healthy weight coach e-learning programme

 

Pharmacy quality scheme (PQS) in England

PQS guidance from NHSE/I

 

CPPE

PHE All Our Health: bitesize training and assessments on Adult Obesity and Childhood Obesity

 

NICE guidelines

NICE Weight management: lifestyle services for overweight or obese adults

NICE Obesity in adults: prevention and lifestyle weight management programmes

NICE Obesity prevention

NICE Obesity: working with local communities

NICE Type 2 diabetes: prevention: population and community-level interventions

NICE Obesity: identification, assessment and management

 

Scotland specific

SIGN guidelines on management of obesity

Scottish Government current policy

Scotlands Health priority 6

Standards for weight management services in Scotland: Standards for the Delivery of Tier 2 and Tier 3 Weight Management Services for Adults in Scotland (NHS Health Scotland. 2019)

 

Northern Ireland specific

Department of Health Strategic framework for public health

 

Wales specific

All Wales Weight Management Pathway 2021

 

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