Concern over Slow NHS Rollout of Weight-Loss Drugs in London

Most London patients go private to access weight loss drugs - Pharmaceutical Technology

A slow NHS rollout has so far limited wide-ranging eligibility, meaning many patients have turned to private healthcare.

Concern over slow NHS rollout of weight-loss drugs in London

London Assembly committee warns without faster public provision, more Londoners will encounter health risks from purchasing “skinny jabs” on black market, reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter Photo by Beyza Yılmaz on Unsplash Londoners are being trapped in a “two-tier system” of accessing weight loss drugs due to a slow NHS rollout of obesity treatment in the capital, a City Hall committee has said. Patients are increasingly buying we…