Childhood Obesity Management National Networking Forum

Childhood Obesity Management National Networking Forum
Early bird: £49+VAT 5 CPD Hours
Hilton London Watford, 5 CPD Hours
Thu 24 Sep 2026 08:30-16:35

Now in its 2nd year, this interactive and educational forum is designed for paediatric dietitians, CEW specialist nurses, clinical leads and consultant endocrinologists


Join your colleagues from child weight-management services to network, hear from expert speakers and take away new resources ready to implement within your teams. Through expert insights, real-world case studies and productive interactive discussions, you will gain the tools, connections and confidence to optimise your pathways, enhance patient experience and improve long-term outcomes for children and families. 

Practical take-home solutions

Enhance your outcomes with paediatric weight-management focused learning

By assessing areas for improvement within your pathways and determining how to meet the needs of children and young people within your weight-management service, this dedicated educational forum will provide you with practical takeaways and tools to boost your service. Join peers from across the UK to: 


  • Navigate GLP-1 usage and effects on your service 
  • Implement practical strategies to improve engagement 
  • Incorporate preventative measures into your pathways 
  • Work collaboratively with primary care providers 
  • Maximise transitions between paediatric and adult services 
  • Evaluate the efficiency and cost effectiveness of CEW clinics 
  • Meet the psychological needs of children in your service 
  • Manage genetic disorders within your pathways

Strengthen your pathways

Join us in Watford (London) to connect with your healthcare professional colleagues for a day of learning, service advancement and networking

This engaging agenda incorporates expert-led presentations, dedicated networking time, and a variety of interactive discussions. You and your team will have the opportunity to: 


  • Take part in unmissable peer discussions: share ideas on improving engagement, supporting primary care, and meeting the needs of clients with neurodivergence. 
  • Advance your understanding: gain insight on weight regain after GLP1 discontinuation, handling insulin resistance, and managing genetic disorders within your service. 
  • Upgrade your pathways: learn how to optimise integration across multi-disciplinary services, assess opportunities for collaboration, and improve transitions for your patients. 

Invitation to sponsor or exhibit

These national forums are designed to enable obesity management providers to support healthcare professionals.
If you would like to sponsor or exhibit at this forum, please email Vanessa Pearce or call Vanessa on 01732 897788 to find out about all the engagement and branding opportunities available.


8.30
Registration and networking opportunity
9.00
Welcome, introduction and chair’s opening remarks
NHS England update
9.10
Implementing preventative measures and exploring latest guidance in weight-management

  • Navigating the lines between lifestyle management and addressing clinical need
  • Assessing opportunities for collaboration between schools, primary care and specialists to improve preventative measures
  • Successfully implementing activity-based prevention strategies in your area

Improving engagement
9.40
Embedding strategies to aid children and young people’s engagement with your service

  • Mitigating barriers to sustained participation and the impact on service outcomes
  • Optimising practical delivery approaches to improve long-term engagement
  • Adopting digital tools to support behaviour and engagement with CYP in your service

10.10
Questions and answers with your speakers
10.20
Interactive discussion: Facilitating smooth and safe transitions from paediatric to adult weight-management services

  • What does your service have in place to maximise a smooth transition from paediatric to adult services?
  • What could your service benefit from when it comes to supporting transitions? Are there any changes you are looking to implement in the near future?
  • How are you maintaining safeguarding within your transition pathway?

10.35
Feedback for interactive discussion: Facilitating smooth and safe transitions from paediatric to adult weight-management services
10.45
Sponsored presentation from Rhythm
10.55
Questions and answers with your sponsor
11.05
Networking lunch
Navigating GLP-1s
11.25
Understanding the implications of GLP-1 use and the impact on your service

  • Addressing practical considerations for GLP-1 use in paediatrics: eligibility, dosing and adverse effects
  • Evaluating the long-term outcomes and weight regain after GLP1 discontinuation
  • Managing insulin resistance and the use of GLP-1s in children and young people at risk of type 2 diabetes

Dr Evelien Gevers, Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Honorary Reader in Paediatric Endocrinology, The William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University
Genetics update
11.55
Supporting children and young people with genetic weight-management disorders

  • Updates in treatment and diagnosis pathways for obesity and genetic disorders
  • Maximising support for families with children affected by genetic disorders
  • Optimising a best practice framework for managing and supporting those living with genetic disorders

Professor Sadaf Farooqi, Professor of Metabolism and Medicine, University of Cambridge
12.25
Questions and answers with your speakers
12.35
Interactive discussion: Supporting patients with neurodivergence in your service

  • What measures have you got in place to engage with and aid your patients with neurodivergence?
  • How do you adapt your practice to meet their dietary, sensory and behavioural needs?
  • What adaptations would you like to see adopted in your service in the future to improve outcomes for your patients with neurodivergence?

12.50
Feedback on interactive discussion: Supporting patients with neurodivergence in your service
1.00
Networking lunch
Supporting primary care
2.00
Implementing tools to ensure engagement, support and timely referrals from primary care

  • Working with GPs and practice nurses to reduce stigma in primary care environments and improve early engagement
  • How to prevent late-stage referrals: education, guidance and system-wide support
  • Case study: developing a systematic obesity management framework for effective collaboration between primary and secondary care

Dr Omobolanle Kazeem, Consultant Paediatrician, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2.30
Questions and answers with your speaker
2.40
Interactive discussion: Maximising engagement and preventing late-stage referrals

  • What practical steps would you like to see implemented in primary care to create more supportive environments?
  • What role should secondary care or specialists play in supporting primary care teams?
  • What could earlier intervention look like in practice?

2.55
Feedback from interactive discussion: Maximising engagement and preventing late-stage referrals
3.05
Networking break
Psychological wellbeing
3.25
Prioritising the psychological wellbeing of children in your weight-management service

  • Adapting your approach to meet the psychological needs of children in your service
  • Addressing barriers to engagement with psychological support
  • Navigating and reframing shame and stigma to improve psychological wellbeing outcomes

CEW Clinic Efficiency
3.55
Tracking clinical and economic progress and framework development to optimise care in CEW clinics

  • Service update and insights from CEW clinics across the UK
  • Latest research explored: assessing the cost-effectiveness of CEW clinics
  • Navigating family experience: engagement, satisfaction and outcomes

Dr Catherine Homer, Associate Professor, Sheffield Hallam University, Research Lead on ENHANCE
4.25
Questions and answers with your speakers
4.35
Chair’s closing remarks and close of day

Call for speakers

If you would like to give a presentation and share your work or the work of your service at this in-person conference, we would be delighted to hear from you. 

To discuss speaking opportunities, please email the conference producer Erin Griffiths, or call Erin on 01732 897 788. 

Your confirmed speakers

Offering expert advice and leading insights into the latest developments in child weight-management services:

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Dr Omobolanle Kazeem

Consultant Paediatrician
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Sadaf Farooqi

Professor of Metabolism and Medicine
University of Cambridge

Dr Evelien Gevers

Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist
Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dr Catherine Homer

Associate Professor of Obesity and Public Health
Sheffield Hallam University

Pricing structure

  • Early bird: £49+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place before Friday 3rd July 2026
  • £99+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place after Friday 3rd July 2026
  • Commercial companies are invited to sponsor this day please email Vanessa Pearce for further details.

Please direct enquiries to Grace Hillery, Customer Service Advisor, 01732 897788

Venue details

Venue name: Hilton London Watford

Address: Elton Way, Watford, WD25 8HA

Tel: 01923 235881


Getting there

Watford Junction railway station is approximately a 10-minute drive from the venue, with regular services to and from London. Journey time from London Euston station is around 16 minutes. Taxis are readily available at the station.


The hotel is conveniently located just off the M1 motorway (Junction 5), making it easily accessible by car. Off the M1, hotel is within four miles of central Watford.


Parking

There is complimentary on-site parking for those attending the conference, please ensure to put your car registration onto the tablets at reception. Please note spaces are limited and on a first come first serve basis. If you plan to stay overnight, the self parking is charged at £10 per night.


EV charging points are available nearby (approximately 2 km from the hotel).


Directions: Click here to plan your journey using Google Maps

What happens after you make your booking?

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking and you will be sent a formal confirmation. If you have not received this within 48 hours of making your booking please check your junk folder and then email bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or call 01732 897788.


Approximately one week prior to the conference you will be sent an email which will include all the final details for attendance on the day, including a final agenda and venue information. 


Please inform us by writing to bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk if you have any special dietary or other requirements.

Terms and conditions

Registration fees
You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.
 
Modify registration
To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk.
 
Cancellations and substitutions
A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.
 
Conference changes
It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.
 
Certificate of attendance
A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every attendee, as a record of continuing professional training and development.
 
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Expected attendees

This in-person conference is ideal for NHS professionals working closely in, or alongside child weight-management services. This includes, but is not limited to: 


  • Advanced Nurse Practitioners 
  • Dietetic Practitioners 
  • Paediatric Dietitians 
  • Senior and Diabetic Dietitians 
  • CEW Specialist Nurses/Physiotherapists/Psychologists
  • Children’s Diabetes Nurse Specialist 
  • Clinical Leads 
  • Paediatric/Endocrinology Consultants 
  • Obesity Nurse Specialists

Past attendee feedback

Clinical Management of Childhood Obesity and Related Co-morbidities was the first annual childhood obesity event which took place in 2025. Attendees shared positive feedback, having learnt from expert speakers, constructive interactive discussions, and productive networking time: 

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“Very well organised, resources to take away were great, and there was plenty of networking opportunities!”
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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“Brilliant day – great speakers highlighting the importance of our CEW clinics, and why we must continue to develop our pathways”
- Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Trust
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“A great, really well-run event, I thoroughly enjoyed it. There were a good selection of speakers and subjects, and well-delivered talks. It was great to have an opportunity to network with a range of relevant professionals”
- University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust

Beyond this successful childhood obesity event, previous obesity conferences have also received a wide range of positive responses, including:

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“I am grateful for all the knowledge, it will positively affect how I conduct consultations going forward”
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Foundations of Obesity Management: From First Consultations to Long-Term Support, December 2025
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“Very informative and educational, I’ve learnt a lot, and it’s expanded my knowledge”
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Foundations of Obesity Management: From First Consultations to Long-Term Support, December 2025
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“Very informative day which looked at and considered the wider holistic picture of patients living with obesity. Inspiring to be around many like-minded individuals to tackle obesity stigma”
- Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust, Obesity Management National Networking Forum, November 2024

Why sponsor a Diabetes National Networking Forum

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing diabetes delivery forums offering dedicated presentation, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be full immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

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‘Always a pleasure to attend an SBK event! Great staff, great organisation and always well attended by industry and HCPs’.
- Air Liquide, Diabetes Developments National Networking Forum, Belfast
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'Brilliant event that gives clinicians and industry the opportunity to discuss current ‘hot topics’ together, collaboratively.'
- Menarini, Diabetes Developments National Networking Forum, Birmingham
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'Given a great opportunity to reach out to people who we would not normally have access to.'
- Lilly, Diabetes Developments National Networking Forum, Birmingham

Your event, managed by us

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:

Vanessa Pearce
Telephone: 01732 897788
Email: vanessa.pearce@sbk-healthcare.co.uk