Obesity: Drugs
Commons · Question 2205 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which ICBs have chosen not to allow GPs to prescribe weight loss injections.
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 2 Jun 2026
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are legally required to make funding available for medicines recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), including tirzepatide, marketed as Mounjaro, for the management of obesity through prim...