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Commons · Question 35664 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are being prescribed Ozempic for weight loss in the UK.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Mar 2025
Ozempic is only licenced for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and can only be prescribed off-label for use in weight management.The data requested is not held centrally. Although the NHS Business Services Authority collects data on the number of prescript...