The National Obesity Audit (NOA) brings together a range of information on adult and children’s weight management services across England to help drive improvement in quality of care available to those living with overweight and obesity. NOA was launched in April 2022 and has been established by NHS England as part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP).

NOA currently presents data from 2 sources: 

• Hospital Episode Statistics (for Tier 4 bariatric surgery)
• Community Services Data Set (for Tier 2 and Tier 3 weight management services)

The publication series includes a developing set of nationally agreed measures which will eventually provide a comprehensive picture of activity, access to services and health outcomes of patients using weight management services across England. This allows providers to track, benchmark and improve the quality of these services.

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