Weight management

NHS England and PSNC have agreed that contractors will only have to participate in one mandatory national health campaign for 2022/23. This campaign will be on weight management and will start on Tuesday 3rd January and run until Sunday 29th January 2023. Contractors can order pharmacy-specific posters, wallet cards and a dispenser for these cards on the Campaign Resource Centre website or use the digital campaign resources available on the site. A guidance leaflet to support community pharmacy teams’ conversations with patients is also available. 

Pharmacy teams are required to proactively discuss weight management with a minimum of 25 patients and refer at least four patients (who meets the criteria for referral) to either a Local Authority funded tier 2 weight management service or the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme as part of the Healthy living support domain of the 2022/23 Pharmacy Quality Scheme. Pharmacy teams could, therefore, use the campaign materials as conversation starters to assist them with meeting these requirements.

Learn more about the weight management campaign