Newcastle Specialist Adult Weight Management Service (NUTH NHS Foundation Trust)

Picture from a NUTH AWM meeting

 

Tell us about your organisation/department/project (your aims, what you do, who you work with):

We are a weight management service for Newcastle patients with severe or complex obesity. The service aims include:

  • Sustained, healthy behaviour changes through nutrition advice and addressing psychological barriers to unhealthy relationships with food.
  • Prevention, reduction or improvement of health conditions associated with severe obesity.
     

Tell us why being a Haref Ally is important for you and your organisation

It is important to us to reduce the barriers to ethnically marginalised communities accessing our service. We are enthusiastic about strengthening our links with these communities and working together to reduce health risks and inequalities. We value the links being a Haref Ally provides, and the training that is available.
 

Tell us about anything that you or your organisation has done to improve how you work with ethnically marginalised communities

We are planning a group at a local mosque, focusing on healthy eating for weight loss and Type 2 diabetes. As a team we are committed to increasing our knowledge, skills and resources for working with different ethnic groups. We have also attended Haref Allies meetings, which have provided valuable information and contacts. We are also looking forward to attending the Cultural Competency training.
 

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