Weight Management - FOI Response Register

FoI Number
2024-385
Subject
Weight Management
Date Received
11/10/2024
Request and Response
  1. Please select your NHS board

NHS Shetland

  1. Please enter the current number of the Scottish population your health board represents

Approximately 23000

  1. Does your NHS board have an Adult Weight Management service for patients?

Yes

  1. Please enter what budget was allocated for your Adult Weight Management service in 2019.
  2. Please enter what budget was allocated for your Adult Weight Management service in 2020.
  3. Please enter what budget was allocated for your Adult Weight Management service in 2021
  4. Please enter what budget was allocated for you Adult Weight Management service in 2022.
  5. Please enter what budget was allocated for your Adult Weight Management service in 2023.
  6. Please enter what budget was allocated for your Adult Weight Management service in 2024

We do not have a specific budget for adult weight management services. This is delivered as part of core service.

  1. Please enter the number of fully trained dietitians on staff for 2019.

2WTE

  1. Please enter the number of fully trained dietitians on staff for 2020

2WTE

  1. Please enter the number of fully trained dietitians on staff for 2021

 0.8WTE

  1. Please enter the number of fully trained dietitians on staff for 2022

2.8

  1. Please enter the number of fully trained dietitians on staff for 2023

2.5

  1. Please enter the number of fully trained dietitians on staff for 2024

3.1

  1. Does your Adult Weight Management service have any Physiotherapist's on staff permanently?

NO

  1. Does your Adult Weight Management service have any Clinical Psychologist's on staff permanently?

NO

  1. Is your Adult Weight Management Service led by a Consultant (Doctor)?

 NO

  1. Does your Adult Weight Management Service offer Bariatric Surgery

Not locally, but referrals can be made to NHS Grampian

  1. If you have said yes, please tell us what surgery options you offer. Please select as many as required.
  • Gastric Bypass
  • Gastric Band
  • Gastric Balloon
  • Sleeve Gastrectomy
  • Other
  1. How many Weight Loss Surgery's did your NHS board carry out in 2019?
  2. How many Weight Loss Surgery's did your NHS board carry out in 2020?
  3. How many Weight Loss Surgery's did your NHS board carry out in 2021?
  4. How many Weight Loss Surgery's did your NHS board carry out in 2022?
  5. How many Weight Loss Surgery's did your NHS board carry out in 2023?
  6. How many Weight Loss Surgery's did your NHS board carry out in 2024?
  7. If you do not currently offer Weight Loss Surgery. Do you intend offering it in the future?
  8. If you have said Yes, what do you intend to offer? Select as many as required.
  • Gastric Bypass
  • Gastric Band
  • Gastric Balloon
  • Sleeve Gastrectomy
  • Other

21 – 28 N/A for all

  1. Does your Adult Weight Management Service offer Weight Loss Medication?

YES

  1. If you have said yes, please tell us what you offer. Please select as many as you need.

ORLISTAT

  • LIRAGLUTIDE (Saxenda®)
  • SEMAGLUTIDE (Wegovy8)
  • TIRZEPATIDE (Mounjaro®)
    • Other
  1. How many patients were prescribed weight loss medication in 2019?
  2. How many patients were prescribed weight loss medication in 2020?
  3. How many patients were prescribed weight loss medication in 2021?
  4. How many patients were prescribed weight loss medication in 2022?
  5. How many patients were prescribed weight loss medication in 2023?

How many patients were prescribed weight loss medication in 2024?

BNF Section Description

No of Individuals

2019

32

2020

19

2021

16

2022

21

2023

30

2024

21

 

  1. If you do not currently offer weight loss medication, do you intend to offer this in the future?

N/A

  1. How can patients refer themselves to your Adult Weight Management Service? Select as many as required.

Self-Referral – Online or paper form

  • Self-Referral - Telephone

GP

Practice Nurse

Consultant

Other

  1. Does your Adult Weight Management Service use any outside companies/agencies? i.e Slimming World or local Leisure Services

 NO

  1. If you have Said Yes, please tell us who?

N/A

  1. How do you offer appointments within the Adult Weight Management Service? Select as many as required.

In Person

Online

Telephone

  • El Other
  1. Does your Adult Weight Management Service offer in house group activities? i.e. Education programmes

YES, group education is currently first line support

  1. How do you offer in house group activities? Select as many as required.
  • In Person

Online

  • Telephone

Hybrid

  • Other