Access to weight loss drugs should be based on need not wealth, says Streeting

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Access to weight loss drugs should be based on need not wealth, says Streeting

Health secretary pledges to widen access to jabs and says ‘half my colleagues’ in Commons are using them

Weight loss injections are the “talk of the House of Commons tea rooms” and widely used by MPs, the health secretary has said as he pledged to widen public access to them.

Speaking as the government launches a 10-year-plan for the NHS, Wes Streeting said access to weight loss injections such as Ozempic and Mounjaro should be “based on need and not the ability to pay”.

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NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds

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<p>Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’</p><p>The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.</p><p>An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.</p> <a href="NHS restricting access to obesity services across England, BMJ finds">Continue reading...</a>

Budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on care for obese patients, leading to ‘postcode lottery’

The NHS is restricting access to obesity services across England, leading to patients in nearly half the country being unable to book appointments with specialist teams for support and treatments such as weight-loss jabs.

An investigation by the British Medical Journal found budget cuts to local services fell disproportionately on obesity care, with patients living with the condition often deemed less worthy of care than others.

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