University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust or Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust both run weight management programmes. You will only be referred to these services if a doctor has assessed that you meet one or more of the following criteria:
Bariatric Surgery Criteria – University Hospitals Birmingham only
- People with a body mass index of more than 50
- People with a body mass index of more than 35 AND type 2 diabetes (for less than 10 years)
Weight management – University Hospitals Birmingham and Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust
1. Precancerous or cancerous conditions in which weight management would improve outcomes by allowing access to treatments that were too high risk at starting BMI
2. Patients requiring weight loss for solid organ transplantation.
3. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) requiring frequent lumber punctures and/or visual compromise.
4. Patients undergoing planned time sensitive surgery (including bariatric surgery) for life-limiting conditions*, where high BMI is the primary barrier to surgery and weight loss would be beneficial.
5. Weight loss is required for assisted conception in women under the care of a fertility service, in cases where weight loss would be beneficial.
6. Severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) and/or severe asthma.
7. Proven genetic cause of obesity and not eligible for Setmelanotide
*Life-limiting defined as any condition where life is extended by the intervention.
More Information
Click on the links below in bold for more information about more weight management programmes in Birmingham:
Be Active+Exercise Referral Scheme: Be Active + is free. The programme is available to sedentary or inactive individuals aged 14 and over, who are registered at a Birmingham GP, and have an existing health condition or other risk factors for disease. A patient needs to have 2 or more low risk conditions, or 1 or more medium risk conditions according to the inclusion criteria. The programme is 12 weeks and offered at a number of leisure facilities across the city.
NHS Digital Weight Management Service: A targeted support offer and access to weight management services in primary care for adults with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes or hypertension with a BMI of 30+ (adjusted for ethnicity).
National Diabetes Prevention Programme: Identifies people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes and refers them onto a nine month, evidence-based lifestyle change programme.
NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme: A low calorie treatment for adults in Birmingham and Solihull living with Type 2 diabetes who are above a healthy weight. The 12 month programme is completely free but individuals can only take part via referral from their GP practice.