Obesity Management Training: Your Guide to NHS Approved Weight-Loss Drugs

Obesity Management Training: Your Guide to NHS Approved Weight-Loss Drugs
1 CPD Hour On-demand
On-demand
Tue 16 Jul 2024

Designed for all HCPs required to prescribe weight-loss drugs for obesity 


With the emergence of new NHS approved weight-loss drugs and an increasing demand for their use from patients, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge you require for rolling out effective prescribing whilst providing safe and effective advice. Clarify your understanding with this best practice guide to drug availability, patient eligibility, optimal dosage and side effect management. 

1 hour Continuing Professional Development: what you will learn

Would you like to gain a practical understanding for prescribing weight-loss drugs and supporting your patients on them? Book your place to benefit from shared experience and insight from your webinar leader, Professor Rob Andrews:


  •  Explore which drugs are available to prescribe
  •  How to roll out the weight-loss drugs: setting up your processes
  •  Prioritise and stratify eligible patients
  •  Understand the dosage: where to start?
  •  Limit side effects to ensure maximum dosage
  •  Best practice approaches for managing your waiting list

Developed with convenience in mind: Support and guidance for you in your own time

Build your knowledge and confidence. Benefit from:


  •  One hour of presentation and speaker Q&A
  •  An engaging video you can access in your own time
  •  Your questions answered
  •  Immediately accessing on the 'watch now' tab
1:00
Introduction and instructions
Professor Rob Andrews, Associate Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of Exeter Medical School
1:05
Obesity management training: Your guide to NHS approved weight-loss drugs
  • Exploring which drugs are available to prescribe
  • How to roll out the weight-loss drugs: setting up your processes
  • Prioritising and stratifying eligible patients
  • Understanding the dosage: where to start?
  • Limiting side effects to ensure maximum dosage
  • Best practice approaches for managing your waiting list
1:45
Questions and answers with Rob Andrews
  • Your presenter will use this time to answer the questions asked throughout the presentation plus any discussion points raised
2:00
Close of webinar

This 1 hour webinar has been designed for NHS professionals and services. Click on video below to view:

First-hand speaker experience

Benefit from the wealth of experience and practical understanding of your world-leading speaker: 

Professor Rob Andrews

Associate Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology
University of Exeter Medical School

Supporting healthcare professionals

SBK Events has produced many useful webinars to help and support NHS or Public Sector healthcare professionals. These webinars can be viewed as videos free and on-demand, and include:


  • Higher Data Interpretation for Flash Glucose Monitoring Webinar
  • Overcoming Burnout in your Diabetes Team
  • Motivating and Engaging Adolescents and their Families living with T1D
  • Empowering your Patients to Self-Manage their Diabetes
  • The Art of Consultations for Diabetes Specialist Nurses
  • Patient Experience of Flash Glucose Monitoring Webinar
  • Intermediate Data Interpretation for Flash Glucose Monitoring Webinar
  • HCP Guide Second-Generation Flash Glucose Monitoring
  • Diabetes Skills: Communication, Patient Engagement and Team Resilience

There are also upcoming webinars and online forums featured on the Diabetes NNF homepage.