Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 86734
Obesity: Prescription Drugs
Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025
Question
Charlotte Nichols
Labour — Warrington 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 AhmedThe 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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