Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 86734

Obesity: Prescription Drugs

Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025

Question

Charlotte Nichols

LabourWarrington North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that weight loss injections can only be prescribed following a face-to-face meeting with a GP who can determine that the patient (a) does not have too low a BMI and (b

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Department is considering how the current prescribing system operates in relation to patient access to medicines through private, or non-National Health Service, routes. This includes online prescribing. A call for evidence was launched in August 2025...

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