Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 69600

Obesity: Drugs

Tabled: 21 July 2025

Answered: 1 September 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2025 to Question 67568 on Obesity: Drugs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that private online clinics prescribing weight loss drugs are compliant wit

Answer

Karin Smyth

The safest way to access medicines privately is to do so via a United Kingdom-registered prescriber and pharmacy, whether in-person or online. All UK prescribers, whether employed privately or by the National Health Service, are expected to take account o...

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