The National Health Service in England is piloting an extension of access to its Digital Weight Management Programme, a digital service to support behavioural and lifestyle changes for weight loss. Access is being piloted to include referrals for patients with a body mass index above a threshold level set by the National Health Service England and who either have a diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the knee or hip (musculoskeletal referrals – 11 pilot sites) or are on elective surgical care waiting lists (elective care referrals – 10 pilot sites). There is a marked variation across sites in the number of patients referred.
