What is Slimming World on Referral?
Slimming World on Referral is a partnership scheme between health professionals and Slimming World, providing overweight patients with effective, long-lasting weight loss support. GPs taking part in the scheme can refer patients to Slimming World groups, offering them free membership for 12 weeks. The cost is paid for the GPs practice and subsidised by Slimming World.
Slimming World on Referral is a partnership scheme between health professionals and Slimming World, providing overweight patients with effective, long-lasting, community-based weight loss support. Health Practitioners taking part in the scheme can refer patients to Slimming World groups, offering them free membership for 12 weeks. The cost is paid for by the NHS and subsidised by Slimming World. The first weight management company to actively support the building of partnerships with the NHS, Slimming World pioneered its ‘Slimming on Referral’ scheme with Southern Derbyshire PCT in 2001. Our pilot with Derbyshire proved that a commercial weight management company could offer an effective solution to reduce overweight and obesity levels in the community. The pilot scheme provided recognition of service quality, patient satisfaction and value for money. Importantly the scheme has sustained that initial level of success for more than 6 years.
