On 19th January, NICE published the QS111 Quality Standard, covering ways of preventing adults from becoming overweight or obese and the provision of lifestyle weight management programmes for adults who are overweight or obese. The guidance primarily refers to Tier 2 interventions (multi-component programmes that aim to reduce a person’s energy intake and help them to be more physically active by changing their behaviour, including weight management programmes, courses or clubs). Tier 3 (specialist weight management) and Tier 4 (bariatric surgery) services are not covered.
The advice has a list of eight quality statements as follows:
- Adults using vending machines in Local Authority and NHS venues can buy healthy food and drink options.
- Adults see details of nutritional information on menus at Local Authority and NHS venues.
- Adults see healthy food and drink choices displayed prominently in Local Authority and NHS venues.
- Adults have access to a publicly available, up-to‑date list of local lifestyle weight management programmes.
- Adults can access data on attendance, outcomes and views of participants and staff from locally commissioned lifestyle weight management programmes.
- Adults identified as being overweight or obese are given information about local lifestyle weight management programmes.
- Adults identified as overweight or obese with comorbidities are offered a referral to a lifestyle weight management programme.
- Adults about to complete a lifestyle weight management programme agree a plan to prevent weight regain.
Full details can be read at www.nice.org.uk/guidance/QS111
