Professional and Patient Expert recruitment:
- Professional expert questionnaire: DWM - Professional Expert Questionnaire
- People and Communities Partners (patient expert) form: https://online1.snapsurveys.com/weight_management
Deadline for responses: midnight on 13 November 2025
Topic Paused
- Status:
- Suspended
- Technology type:
- Device
- Decision:
- Selected
- Reason for decision:
- Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in use addressed, and help them make the best use of NHS resources
- Description:
- Obesity is a chronic condition characterised by excess body fat. People living with obesity are at an increased risk of developing other health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, stroke and some types of cancer. It is a growing public health concern in the England, with nearly two thirds of people currently living with overweight and obesity. Multidisciplinary weight management services support the management and maintenance of weight loss through behavioural and lifestyle changes. These services can be used alone, or alongside weight management medicines. But provision varies across England and Wales, and many people who may benefit from these services do not currently have access. Digital technologies for delivering multidisciplinary weight management services have the potential to improve access to services, reduce demand on in-person services, and improve clinical outcomes, particularly for people without local access or on waiting lists. In March 2024, NICE recommended the use of 9 technologies for delivering multidisciplinary weight management services in the NHS while more evidence is generated. Since the guidance was published, there have been significant changes to obesity treatment pathways and service models. So, this topic has been selected to be updated to appropriately reflect these changes.
Project Team
- Project lead
- Deonee Stanislaus
Email enquiries
If you have any queries please email HealthTech@nice.org.uk
Related links
Timeline
Key events during the development of the guidance:
| Date | Update |
|---|---|
| 11 December 2025 | Suspended. Topic Paused |
| 16 October 2025 | In progress. Scoping starts |
| 04 September 2025 | Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected |
For further information on our processes and methods, please see our HealthTech programme manual.