Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 89687

Obesity: Drugs

Tabled: 11 November 2025

Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

James Naish

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to weight loss injections for long-term conditions.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Weight loss injections are currently recommended for use on the National Health Service for the treatment of obesity and/or type 2 diabetes. To be routinely used in the NHS in England, a medicine normally needs a marketing authorisation from the Medicines...

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