Weight management: obesity register
This indicator covers the establishing and maintaining of a register of patients aged 18 or over with a BMI of 27.5 kg/m2 or more (or 30 kg/m2 or more if ethnicity is recorded as White) in the preceding 12 months. It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to improved outcomes.
Last reviewed: September 2022
Next review: August 2025
This indicator will be reviewed using the assessment criteria in appendix B of the NICE indicators process guide when it reaches its review date or the underlying guidance is updated.
This indicator was previously published as NM222.
How to use NICE indicators and how we develop them
Indicators can be used in a number of different settings to support high quality care. These include:
- identifying where improvements are needed
- setting priorities for quality improvement and support
- creating local performance dashboards
- benchmarking performance against national data
- supporting local quality improvement schemes
- showing progress that local health systems are making on outcomes.
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