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Obesity: Drugs

Commons · Question 69603 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Sep 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2025 to Question 67568 on Obesity: Drugs, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients accessing weight loss medications through private online platforms underg

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Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Sep 2025

Prescribers, whether National Health Service or private, are accountable for their prescribing decisions, and are expected to take account of appropriate national guidance.In addition to the duty of the prescriber, patients themselves must be honest when ...

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