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Our approach

One of the big questions in health prevention has always been: How can we help people make changes that last a lifetime?

The answers have become clearer thanks to clinical research, behaviour change theory, and data analysis.

Since 2015, we’ve been applying our evidence-based approach in a personalised way with outstanding results, using our own data and the latest research to constantly improve – and help people live healthier lives.

We work with...

We work with both public service commissioners and employers to create health solutions for their communities or workplaces.

Commissioners

Commission a bespoke place-based service that meets the needs of your community, maximising engagement and health outcomes.

Employers

Support that helps individuals, teams, and entire organisations become healthier, happier and more resilient.

Evidence-based quality assurance

We manage clinical governance through our robust Clinical Governance Framework. This ensures effective, safe delivery across all our services.

Our framework draws on the experience of in-house experts in psychology, nutrition, physical activity and other lifestyle risk factors. Our experts provide quality assurance across all our interventions, which are data-led and outcome-driven.

All our services and products are underpinned by proven behaviour change best practice, theory and techniques. They comply with:

NICE and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities guidelines
NICE PH49 patient-centred principles
NICE PH53 guidelines for weight management
NICE NG209 guidelines on tobacco
COM-B Behaviour Change Framework
NCSCT (National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training) research

Alongside this, a robust cycle of clinical governance, risk management, data analysis, product development, and acting on participant feedback, supports our continuous improvement approach and means we never stop learning, adapting and improving.

However, there is no ‘off-the-shelf’ solution when it comes to health.

The real power of our approach is the way we can tailor services to motivate and inspire the real people that are using them. This is what delivers lasting change.

Meet our highly skilled Clinical Excellence and Programme Development Team

Kat Melia is an accomplished leader in clinical excellence, service innovation, and health & wellbeing strategy.

As Head of Clinical Excellence & Programme Development at Reed Wellbeing, she spearheads a multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering transformative service improvements and evidence-based programmes.

Kat is deeply committed to designing initiatives that meet the unique needs of communities, driving meaningful and lasting change across areas such as diabetes prevention and remission, weight management, smoking cessation, and beyond. Holding an MSc in Nutrition and a BSc in Biomedical Science with a specialisation in Neuroscience and Neurobiology, Kat brings a strong scientific foundation to her work. From 2021 to 2025, she contributed her expertise as a member of NICE’s Weight Management Guideline Committee, shaping national standards for care. Her professional passions include advancing equity of access in healthcare, reducing stigma and bias, and ensuring that wellbeing services are inclusive and impactful.

Lesa brings over a decade of experience within the Reed Group, during which she has developed extensive expertise in quality assurance, audit, and compliance.

In her current role as Clinical Quality Assurance Manager at Reed Wellbeing, Lesa is responsible for ensuring that all services are delivered to the highest standards of clinical quality and effectiveness.

She achieves this by designing and implementing robust quality assurance frameworks, embedding clinical governance throughout operations, and ensuring full compliance with both internal policies and external regulatory requirements.

Danny began his career in healthy lifestyle services, working across a broad range of programmes including child and adult weight management, physical activity, smoking cessation, NHS Health Checks, social isolation interventions, and falls prevention. Throughout his career, he has worked both as a frontline practitioner and in management roles, as well as delivering training to other health professionals. Danny joined Reed in 2021 and has since held roles as a Health Improvement Lead and Service Design Executive, supporting and implementing a variety of contracts—from the National Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP) to CFO services—ensuring high-quality delivery and continuous service improvement. He is currently the Clinical Excellence Manager, leading the team of Health Improvement Leads to support the delivery of clinically safe, effective, and evidence‑based programmes across our portfolio of contracts.

Kathy is a Programme Development Manager at Reed Wellbeing with extensive experience across the design and delivery of health and wellbeing programmes.

Holding a BSc in Psychology and a MSc in Occupational Psychology, she specialises in developing evidence‑informed, user‑centred interventions that support meaningful health outcomes. She leads Reed Wellbeing’s face‑to‑face, remote and digital offers, including MyWellbeingHub, ensuring that programmes and resources are engaging, accessible and designed to support sustainable behaviour change.

Laura started her career with a passion for teaching and education, however, after developing a keen interest in population health management and behaviour change, Laura began a Masters in Health Psychology.

With her research focusing on nutrition and twins, Laura learnt the influence of life events on health, leading to her work in hospitals and communities across Berkshire in the Eating Disorders service. Recognising the benefit that digital can bring to improve health, Laura then moved to the South West, to begin a role supporting clinicians nationwide to deliver digital solutions and apps, to aid the patient population with managing their chronic health conditions. Laura's passion for behaviour change and health improvement lead to her completion of a Doctorate in Health Psychology, specialising in women's health and body image. This coincided with her role managing a team of Behaviour Change Practitioners, delivering health behaviour change interventions in weight management, exercise, smoking and alcohol reduction.

Now in her current role as a Chartered Health Psychologist, Laura supports in the delivery, development and review of our programmes, to ensure they are evidence-based and rooted in behaviour change theory.

Chelsie has been part of the Reed Group for over two years and currently works as a Health Improvement Lead at Reed Wellbeing. With a background in Psychology and mental health support, Chelsie brings a wealth of experience to her role.

Her career began as a Community Engagement Officer and Employment Advisor, where she supported individuals with complex health conditions to achieve sustainable employment. During this time, she became a Mental Health First Aider for the West Yorkshire region and completed a counselling course to provide guidance to both participants and colleagues.

Chelsie holds a BSc in Psychology and is passionate about holistic support, health inequalities, and helping people reach their full potential.

She has a keen interest in mental wellbeing in the workplace. In her current role, she applies her expertise to wellbeing in work and smoking cessation services, ensuring that clinical standards and patient safety remain at the heart of everything Reed Wellbeing delivers.

Rebecca brings over a decade of dedicated experience in Health Improvement, driven by a lifelong curiosity about human behaviour and a passion for creating healthier communities.

After completing her multidisciplinary BSc (Hons) in Anthropology, she embarked on a formative adventure to Nicaragua. There, she worked on a government funded initiative supporting local communities—an experience that sparked her passion for public health and behaviour change. Rebecca has built a diverse and impactful career across the health improvement landscape, working in practitioner, research, and service development roles. She has held key positions at Reed in Partnership and Reed Wellbeing, contributing to the design, delivery, and enhancement of programmes that support people to lead healthier lives. Rebecca’s expertise spans a wide range of health improvement domains, with passions for Nicotine Addiction, Women’s Health, and Workplace Wellbeing. Known for her collaborative approach and evidence informed practice, she brings both insight and enthusiasm to every project.

Dale has worked with Reed in Partnership since 2018 and currently works as an experienced Health Improvement Lead.

He provides clinical oversight for Tobacco Dependency Services, including One You Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster, as well as alcohol reduction programmes and digital health pathways.

His key responsibilities include delivering training, updating clinical guidance, conducting audits, and developing innovative health improvement products.

Jason brings a wealth experience to the team working for the Reed Group for over 5 years.

Previous roles include Continuous Improvement Manager, in which he supported and lead on improvement projects throughout the Wellbeing Division and recognised by winning “Rising Star” at the Quality Professional Awards in 2025.

Now as a Health Improvement Lead, spanning over 3 years, Jason has supported and lead improvements across all Programmes within the Wellbeing Division. Jasons previous experience and qualifications have allowed him to support all Reed Wellbeing services, from Weight Management to Tobacco Dependency.

Jason takes great pride in the provision of clinical support across all contracts, which includes provision of training, product design, research and review of clinical guidelines, and policy and process updates.

Lewis joined Reed in 2017 as a Health and Wellbeing Coach on the One You Leeds contract, where he managed the Move More service.

In 2020, he transitioned to the Service Development team, leading the creation of several Reed Wellbeing programmes, including Weight Management, Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission, physical activity initiatives and children and family health and wellbeing services.

Since 2024, Lewis has focused on Reed Wellbeing’s digital transformation, working on the development of its health and wellbeing app and digitising core programmes.

Becky joined Reed in 2022 as a Health and Wellbeing Coach on the Better Working Futures Contract and has since progressed into roles such as the Lead Health and Wellbeing Coach on the National Diabetes Prevention Programme and a Health Improvement Lead specialising in diabetes prevention and remission, physical activity and weight management.

In her current role as Product Executive, Becky works on Reed’s new digital platform, MyWellbeingHub. She oversees resource and content development, video editing, branding, and creative aspects of digital content to deliver engaging and impactful wellbeing solutions.

Becky combines her expertise in health, exercise and nutrition with her media background to create informative, visually appealing content with the aim to educate and inspires users. Before joining Reed, Becky worked as a freelance Personal Trainer and Performance Nutritionist with Huddersfield Town Women’s FC, sparking her passion for health and wellbeing education.

Chris Spanton is an experienced psychotherapist with nearly 20 years in NHS mental health services and over a decade in senior clinical leadership.

Trained at King’s College London, UCL and the Anna Freud Centre, he specialises in trauma, complex presentations, and persistent physical symptoms. He is a BABCP-accredited CBT therapist, EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner, trained DIT therapist, and has completed EMDR Consultant Training. Chris has held multiple NHS leadership roles, guiding large clinical teams and developing evidence based services across primary care, secondary care, digital therapy, and national specialist pathways. As a national clinical leader in one of the largest NHS providers of psychological therapies, he oversaw more than 600 clinicians and strengthened governance, safeguarding, audit, risk processes, and alignment with NHS Talking Therapies standards—improving outcomes, consistency, workforce wellbeing, and incident management. Chris currently works in a national NHS specialist service for persistent physical symptoms, supporting people with complex long-term conditions such as fibromyalgia, CFS, chronic pain, long COVID and functional neurological disorder. As a national trainer, supervisor, and educator, Chris has delivered extensive teaching on trauma-focused therapies, CBT, EMDR, persistent physical symptoms, culturally responsive practice, digital therapy, and group interventions. He supervises clinicians across multiple modalities and has published research on trauma, long-term conditions, group therapy, and culturally responsive practice. Chris has led major quality-improvement initiatives across the NHS, focusing on improving access for underrepresented groups, strengthening value for service users, and developing sustainable pathways across primary care, digital models, and specialist services. His work spans service innovation, workforce programmes, and strategic development at regional and national levels.

Colin grew up in North Liverpool before moving to Leeds to study medicine, where he still lives. After completing training as a GP in 2009, he practised in the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire until 2025. During this time, he trained junior doctors to become GP's and led on diabetes transformation across the district as part of Wakefield CCG. He moved on to apply his experience and interest in quality improvement, clinical safety, and people development to the ongoing development of primary care and its integration into care provision as part of integrated neighbour health services as the Medical Director for Wakefield within West Yorkshire ICB. Seeking a fresh challenge, he left his GP practice to work at Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust as Divisional Clinical Director in Adult Community Services. Colin is a strong believer in creating empowered teams and developing people. He believes digital transformation and access to the correct tools will empower citizens and professionals to transparently work together to personalise the health and wellbeing needs of us all.

After qualifying as a dietitian, Mary’s first dietetic post was at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. She moved back to Leeds in 1983, to become a Metabolic Dietitian, with a large focus on obesity. Leeds was one of the few hospitals with medical obesity and bariatric surgery services at that time. Mary was instrumental in developing the dietetic service to patients with severe and complex obesity, and working with other dietitians nationally to develop resources and training courses. She was appointed Consultant Dietitian in Adult Obesity and led the obesity multidisciplinary team. Mary has served on many national committees, including the British Nutrition Foundation Obesity Task Force, NICE Obesity Clinical Guidelines (2006, 2014), NHS England Obesity Clinical Reference Group, and British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS). She has led working groups developing the BOMSS nutritional guidelines and long term follow up guidelines. She sits on the Executive Board of the International Federation of the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders and chairs its Integrated Health Committee. She is a Trustee of the Association for the Study of Obesity, and a committee member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) Obesity Specialist Group. Mary continues to be active in education and training, research and supporting patients with severe and complex obesity. In 2016, Mary was made a Fellow of the BDA in recognition of her services to dietetics. She received the BDA Elizabeth Washington award in 2017 and 2021 for the leading the development of national guidelines, and the education around them. Mary stepped back from her NHS role to allow her to commit to other obesity related activities, however, she remains an Honorary Consultant Dietitian (Adult Obesity) with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Emma is a Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience in weight management services across Tier 3 and Tier 4 pathways, including lifestyle interventions and bariatric surgery.

After completing her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford, Emma entered the field of weight management—a decision that shaped her career and passion for improving care for people living in larger bodies. Based in the Midlands, Emma works part-time for an NHS Weight Management Service and as an Associate Clinical Psychologist for a private bariatric surgery company in the South of England.

She is a regular speaker at national conferences, contributes to research projects, and provides teaching to health professionals. Emma specializes in designing and implementing psychological provision within weight management services, working with individuals and groups, and supporting multidisciplinary teams. Emma currently serves on two national committees: the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS) and the British Psychological Society’s Obesity Special Interest Group. She is passionate about challenging weight stigma and promoting compassionate, evidence-based care for people with obesity and related health conditions.

Grace is a Registered Dietitian who recently joined the Clinical Excellence and Programme Development team at Reed Wellbeing. She completed her degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics through the joint programme offered by Trinity College Dublin and Technological University Dublin, building a strong academic foundation in clinical nutrition, behaviour change, and population health. Grace began her career at the National Centre for Obesity Management Ireland, working within a specialist Level 3 Obesity and Level 4 Bariatric service. During this time, she developed an in‑depth understanding of obesity as a complex, chronic, and relapsing condition, and gained valuable experience supporting individuals through intensive, multidisciplinary weight‑management pathways. She also discovered the impact of group‑based education and support, and is particularly passionate about creating inclusive, practical group environments that encourage connection, skill‑building, and empathy. A core motivation in Grace’s work is reducing weight bias and stigma, both within healthcare settings and across wider society. She has also worked with individuals living with eating disorders and is committed to helping people build healthier, more confident relationships with food. In her role at Reed Wellbeing, Grace contributes to the development, refinement, and evaluation of programmes, ensuring they are clinically sound, person‑centred, and grounded in evidence‑based nutritional practice.