ESCW(PH)4557 Fit 4 Life Specialist Adult Weight Management.

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Contract Title: Fit 4 Life — Specialist Adult Weight Management.Contract Number ESCW (PH) 4557.The organisation to lead to deliver of a Specialist Adult Weight Management Service as part of the Fit 4 Life Programme. The Fit 4 Life Programme will support local adults (18 +) to make sustainable improvements to their diet, physical activity levels and weight.Targeting:— Adults with or at high risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease,— Adults who are obese with co-morbidities or severely obese,— Adults with other long-term conditions who can benefit from Fit 4 Life services,— The programme will have 4 separate but linked services:1. The Fit 4 Life Centre will receive referrals, provide assessments, personalised goal setting and action plans, help clients to access other services and activities based on the assessment and action plans, provide ongoing motivational coaching for a year and follow-up at 3, 6 and 12 months.2. Fit 4 Life groups for adults who have identified group support as part of their action plan.3. Specialist weight management for adults with BMI >35 with high risk co-morbidities or BMI > 40.4. Specialist disabilities service for adults who need intensive 1:1 support.The approach across the whole programme is to support local people to embed behaviour change into their everyday lives with an emphasis on sustainability, self direction, peer support and making use of existing community activities.Specialist Adult Weight Management:The specialist adult weight management service will:— Provide multi-disciplinary specialist assessments linking with the Fit 4 Life Centre,— Deliver 12 week multicomponent weight management programmes through 1-1 and group support,— Enable participants to achieve independent and sustainable behaviour changes, e.g. through peer support, home and community activities,— Help participants to achieve 5-10 % weight loss at 3 months,— Refer participants to other parts of the obesity care pathway, working closely with the metabolic clinic, the Fit 4 Life Centre and the Fit 4 Life Groups,— Support the development of guidance, education and training on obesity and weight management in Tower Hamlets working closely with the Fit 4 Life Centre,— Track and report on the progress of at 3 months work in partnership with the Fit 4 Life Centre on publicity, quality assurance and clinical governance 9,— Evaluate the service, capture and share learning and feed it back into continuous service improvement,The staff functions will include psychology, dietetics, qualified exercise instructor, link worker/interpreting skills, administration and monitoring. Organisations will have experience and specialist skills in weight management for severely obese clients with co-morbidities, working jointly with Tier 4 Obesity services like the Metabolic Clinic at the Royal London Hospital, partnership working, engaging with the diverse communities of Tower Hamlets and programme management. The organisation will be flexible in working with the commissioner on responding to emerging guidance from NHS England on Tier 3 and Tier 4 adult obesity services.