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Obesity: Drugs

Commons · Question 73954 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 19 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to weight loss medications through the NHS.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 19 Sep 2025

Until recently, the newest obesity medicines liraglutide, under various brand names, semaglutide, under the brand name Wegovy, and tirzepatide, under the brand name Mounjaro, have only been available via the National Health Service through specialist weig...