Written questions

Obesity: Health Services

Commons · Question 9625 · Tabled 15 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the workforce required to support the safe delivery of NHS weight loss medication services, including the management of nutritional complications.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 1 Jul 2026

NHS England undertook workforce modelling to support the implementation of tirzepatide, brand name Mounjaro, for obesity management as part of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Funding Variation planning process.The modelling conside...