Obesity: Drugs
Commons · Question 73225 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people prescribed weight loss medication also adopt lifestyle changes.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 5 Sep 2025
Weight loss medications (semaglutide, tirzepatide and liraglutide) are licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as clinically and cost-effect...