Quality statement 4: Maintaining details of local and national overweight and obesity management interventions and services
Quality statement
Local authorities and healthcare commissioning organisations maintain and give access to an up-to-date list of local and national overweight and obesity management interventions and services. [new 2025]
Rationale
Overweight and obesity management interventions and services can be delivered by a range of organisations and in different locations, both locally and nationally. Local authorities and healthcare commissioning organisations should maintain an up‑to‑date list of services and make it available to the public and health and social care organisations and practitioners. Maintaining a list of available services is important to ensure that the public know about the services in their area and how to enrol in them. It is essential that any information is up to date to avoid people disengaging after trying to access unavailable services.
Quality measures
The following measures can be used to assess the quality of care or service provision specified in the statement. They are examples of how the statement can be measured, and can be adapted and used flexibly.
Structure
a) Evidence of local arrangements to ensure that lists of local and national overweight and obesity management interventions and services are kept up to date.
Data source: Data can be collected from information recorded locally by provider organisations, for example from service level agreements, audits, and key performance indicators.
b) Evidence of local arrangements to ensure that organisations in the public, community and voluntary sectors are given access to lists of local and national overweight and obesity management interventions and services.
Data source: Data can be collected from information recorded locally by provider organisations, for example from service level agreements, audits, and key performance indicators.
What the quality statement means for different audiences
Service providers (including health promotion services, primary care, behavioural overweight and obesity management services) ensure that they provide details of their service to relevant local authorities and health commissioning organisations. They make them aware when these details are updated or are no longer relevant.
Health and social care practitioners (including GPs, nurses, health promoters, dietitians) have access to up-to-date information on available local interventions and national programmes.
Commissioners ensure that they coordinate, maintain and make accessible up-to-date information on available local and national interventions and services that are accessible within the areas they commission.
People interested in treatment for overweight, obesity or central adiposity have access to up-to-date information on services that may help them manage their weight.
Source guidance
Overweight and obesity management. NICE guideline NG246 (2025), recommendations 1.11.5, 1.19.20, 1.19.21, 1.19.24 and 1.19.25