What We Offer

• Primary Care Trusts
• Health Boards & CHPs
• Counterweight Implementation
• Considerations before implementing Counterweight
• Areas that have commissioned Counterweight
• Counterweight Clinicians - Health Boards & CHPs
• Counterweight Programme Costs
• FAQ's
• Benefits to Primary Care
• Testimonials
• Counterweight Programme Materials
• Counterweight Outcomes at a Glance
• The Continuous Improvement Methodology

Considerations before implementing Counterweight

  To ensure that Counterweight is implemented
  successfully, it is recommended that Health
  Boards consider the factors listed below

• Is there an obesity strategy for your health board or Community Health Partnership (CHP)? How can Counterweight fit into that strategy?

• How will Counterweight fit in with already developed local weight management services?

• Who is going to be the key personnel to lead the programme within Health Boards, CHPs and practices?

• What equipment is available for the delivery of Counterweight in your Health Board, CHP or Practice?, e.g. Scales, Waist Tape measures, Height Measuring. Computer system to input data

• How are patients going to enter the Counterweight Programme?, e.g. Keep Well screening, self referral, GP referral etc

• How is the person delivering weight management going to structure his/her time in the delivery of Counterweight? E.g. ½ day clinic, group sessions

• How is the data on patients going to be collected and evaluated?, .e.g. GPass, use of READ Codes etc

• What local factors need to be considered prior to programme implementation

• For further information please contact your local Counterweight Specialist.