Wes Streeting denies ‘dystopian future’ over weight-loss jabs for unemployed
UK health secretary says people will not be ‘involuntarily jabbed’ but that medications could be ‘gamechanging’
Wes Streeting has denied his plans to give new weight-loss jabs to unemployed people to help them back into work would result in a “dystopian future” where overweight people would be “involuntarily jabbed”.
The UK health secretary acknowledged that weight-loss drugs were not, on their own, the answer to the nation’s obesity crisis after he suggested this week that they could have a “monumental” impact on getting more people working.
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By Pippa Crerar Political editor
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UK health secretary says people will not be ‘involuntarily jabbed’ but that medications could be ‘gamechanging’
Wes Streeting has denied his plans to give new weight-loss jabs to unemployed people to help them back into work would result in a “dystopian future” where overweight people would be “involuntarily jabbed”.
The UK health secretary acknowledged that weight-loss drugs were not, on their own, the answer to the nation’s obesity crisis after he suggested this week that they could have a “monumental” impact on getting more people working.
Continue reading...
By Pippa Crerar Political editor
Wes Streeting denies ‘dystopian future’ over weight-loss jabs for unemployed to Continue reading...
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