Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33553

Obesity: Drugs

Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been hospitalised as a result of weight loss drugs in each of the last five years.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for ensuring medicines, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion meet applicable standards of safety, quality, and efficacy. The MHRA rigorously assesses the availa...
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