Weight management: BMI recording (long term conditions)

This indicator covers the percentage of patients with coronary heart disease, stroke or TIA, diabetes, at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, hypertension, peripheral arterial disease, heart failure, COPD, dyslipidaemia, learning disability, obstructive sleep apnoea, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or other psychoses who have had a BMI recorded in the preceding 12 months. It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to improved outcomes.

Last reviewed: 11 November 2025

This indicator updates and replaces NICE indicator 151.

Next review: 30 November 2028

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.

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.

Find out how to use indicators and how we develop them.