Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73225
Obesity: Drugs
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people prescribed weight loss medication also adopt lifestyle changes.
Answer
Ashley DaltonWeight loss medications (semaglutide, tirzepatide and liraglutide) are licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as clinically and cost-effect...
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