An urgent review is needed to make sure people in England can get weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro on the NHS, top experts warn.
It comes a day after the prime minister said such injections could boost Britain's economy by getting obese unemployed people "back into work".
More than 200 doctors and specialists have now written to the health secretary to say how stretched NHS obesity treatment services face unprecedented demand from patients wanting these drugs.
They warn the injections are only part of what should be a wider package of non-stigmatising care.
They say the government must fix some fundamentals issues in NHS obesity services - chronic underfunding, workforce challenges and unequal access to care.
The letter to Wes Streeting is being sent by the Obesity Health Alliance, external (OHA), which represents health charities and medical royal colleges, and has compiled a report.
It says some patients can wait up to five years for specialist support, and that some services are so overstretched they have closed their waiting lists entirely.
The OHA wants to see equitable access for obesity treatments, including weight loss injections.
Source: BBC News, 16 October 2024
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