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Weight management

  • Slimming World

    You’ll find delicious recipe and menu ideas at your local group, along with all the help you need to get started and reach your target weight.

    Website
    Slimming World

  • Weight Watchers

    Meetings, online or a little bit of both. They’ve got options and support, whatever your lifestyle.

    Website
    Weight Watchers

  • BMI calculator

    The body mass index (BMI) is a measure that uses your height and weight to work out if your weight is healthy.

    Website
    NHS: BMI healthy weight calculator

  • Derbyshire Dales Sport & Health Activities

    This service’s aim is to provide a broad range of opportunities for people living and working in the Derbyshire Dales to become more active, improve health and wellbeing, and improve quality of life.

    Website
    www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk

  • Livewell – Lose Weight

    Shed pounds sensibly whilst improving your eating and exercise habits. Our three dedicated programmes –Lose Weight for men and women, Active Supporters for men run with DCFC and Liveability for adults with learning disabilities – are designed to support your specific needs in a warm and welcoming environment.

    Phone
    01332 641 254

    Website
    Livewell

  • Overeaters Anonymous

    Overeaters Anonymous provides insight into problems of eating compulsively, strength to deal with it, and a very real hope that there is a solution.

    Phone
    07798 587802

    Website
    www.oagb.org.uk

    Email
    general@oagb.org.uk

  • Live Life Better Derbyshire

    At Live Life Better Derbyshire they provide support, help and advice for you to successfully lose weight, and keep it off, for good.

    Phone
    0800 085 2299 or 01629 538 200

    Website
    www.livelifebetterderbyshire.org.uk

    Email
    llbd.info@derbyshire.gov.uk

  • One You Couch to 5K – Mobile App

    The Couch to 5K app has been designed to get you off the couch and running in just 9 weeks. Grab your trainers, download the app and follow the step-by-step instructions.

    Download from
    Google Play: One You Couch to
    iTunes: One You Couch to

  • Patient information update regarding Tirzepatide, (Mounjaro injections)


    The current information we have from Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board is that in December 2024, NICE, (National Institute of Clinical Excellence), approved the injectable medication use of Mounjaro by the NHS for people over the 18 who are living with obesity and other weight-related issues. 
     
    NHS England has developed a 12-year implementation plan to roll this out for weight loss in primary care to prioritised patient cohorts. 
     
    The Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board, and commissioning teams are currently working to develop a service to enable prescribing in primary care. However, there is no current service in place yet. 
     
    This means at present, we are unable to prescribe these medications. 
     
    We will, of course, be in contact with patients who meet the criteria for these injections once we have the information from the integrated care board about how these medications will be prescribed.

    Further information for patients can be found at Tirzepatide, Joined Up Care Derbyshire
     
    Thank you again, Vernon Street and The Lanes Medical Centre.

Page published: 9 May 2023
Last updated: 23 June 2025