Manage your weight
Do you want help to manage your weight?
- Call reception to book an appointment with one of our Wellbeing Workers at Farrow Medical Practice
- Access local weight management programmes via Living Well
- Speak to reception about BEEP (Bradford Encouraging Exercise in People) a free physical activity referral service that encourages people who are inactive, to become more active, with a 52 week support programme
Weight Loss InjectionsÂ
NHS criteria is strict and only a small group of patients are eligible. You must have tried other ways to lose weight first before we can refer you for weight loss injections.
Current criteria for NHS weight loss injections:
- BMI of 40+ (or 37.5+ if from a South Asian, Chinese, other Asian, Middle Eastern, Black African or African-Caribbean backgrounds)
- and at least four or more of the following health conditions: type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, obstructive sleep apnoea, and high cholesterol
- or need to urgently lose weight for life saving and urgent surgery
