Referring patients

Referring patients to the Specialist Weight Management Service

This service is only able to accept GP referrals made using the NHS e-referrals service (e-RS), e-Referral service selection:

• Specialty: Health Promotion
• Clinic type: Weight Management
• Service: DRSS-Northern-Health Promotion- Devon ICB-15N

The referral criteria:

Patients who are aged 18 years or older who are motivated to lose weight and committed to attendance at regular appointments, with:

• • BMI greater than 40kg/m²
  • Newly diagnosed (within the last 4 years) type 2 diabetes and have a BMI greater than 30kg/ m²
  • BMI greater than 35kg/ m² and one or more of the following comorbidities:
    • Established (over 4 years) type 2 diabetes or previous gestational diabetes
    • Hyperlipidaemia uncorrected by maximum tolerated doses of Statins
    • Sleep apnoea
    • Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) after assessment by a GI surgeon
    • Severe Osteoarthritis requiring listing for joint replacement
    • Intracranial hypertension
    • Infertility in which weight is a barrier to therapy
    • Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)