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Freedom of Information request Tier 3 Weight Management Services

Response published: 4 June 2025

FOI Request

Please confirm the Trust holds the following data and where it is held; please provide the data as requested. Questions Do you offer Tier 3 weight management services (sometimes called specialist weight management services)? (Yes/No) If yes, do you offer consultant-led Tier 3 weight management services? (Yes/No) For each non-consultant-led Tier 3 weight management service: How many patients were waiting for treatment at the start of April 2024? How many referrals to the Tier 3 weight management service were received per month from April 2024 to March 2025? How many patients started treatment per month from April 2024 to March 2025? For each consultant-led Tier 3 weight management service: Please confirm whether these referrals and activity are submitted in the Trust’s RTT submissions. Please confirm which Treatment function code (TFC) is used for this activity. How many patients were waiting for treatment at the start of April 2024? How many referrals were received per month from April 2024 to March 2025? How many clock starts were there per month from April 2024 to March 2025 What are the mechanisms used to record clock stops/first definitive treatments (e.g. appointment, information provided etc)? Please provide the number of clock stops per month by mechanism from March 2024 to April 2025

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 044-2025

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

Do you offer Tier 3 weight management services (sometimes called specialist weight management services)? (Yes/No)

If yes, do you offer consultant-led Tier 3 weight management services? (Yes/No)

For each non-consultant-led Tier 3 weight management service:

  1. How many patients were waiting for treatment at the start of April 2024?
  2. How many referrals to the Tier 3 weight management service were received per month from April 2024 to March 2025?
  3. How many patients started treatment per month from April 2024 to March 2025?

For each consultant-led Tier 3 weight management service:

  1. Please confirm whether these referrals and activity are submitted in the Trust’s RTT submissions.
  2. Please confirm which treatment function code (TFC) is used for this activity.
  3. How many patients were waiting for treatment at the start of April 2024?
  4. How many referrals were received per month from April 2024 to March 2025?
  5. How many clock starts were there per month from April 2024 to March 2025
  6. What are the mechanisms used to record clock stops/first definitive treatments (e.g. appointment, information provided etc)?
  7. Please provide the number of clock stops per month by mechanism from March 2024 to April 2025

Our response:

We do not offer a Tier 3 Weight Management Service.

Next steps:

Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:

Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk

If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.