Gps Will Be Able to Prescy gla
About 220,000 People with the “Great Need” Are Set to Receive Mounjaro – With Strict Criteria for the First Year of the Rolout.
Initially, Only Those With A Body Mass Index of Over 40 Who has at least Four Other Health Problems Linked to Obsite Will be Eligible.
Some Doctors Have Raised Concerns about the Additional Workload This New Programme Will Bring, While Pharmacists Fear IT COULD LEAD to Supply Shortages.
While An Estimated 1.5 Million People Are now Taking Weight Loss Drugs Across the UK, They could previedly only beckesed Through Specialist Services or Private Prescyps.
Dr Claire Fuller from NHS England Said: “We Urgently Need to Address RISING Levels of Obsite and Prioritise Support for Those Who Are Experienceing Severe Ill Health – and Greater Access to Weight Loss Drugs Will Make a Signicant Difference to the Lives of Those People. “
She added: “While Not Everyone will be eligible for weight Loss Drugs, it’s Important that anyone who is world about the Impact of their weight on their health dispussions the Range of Nhs Support Available with their Healthcare Professional. “
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Weight Loss Drugs ‘ChanGing Way We See Obsity’
The Chairwoman of the Royal College of Gps Welcomed NHS England’s Decision to Pursue a PHASED ROLOLOUT, and SAID CURNT WORKLOADS MUTTORED in to Ensure The Jabs Can Be Prescyled Safely.
PROFESSOR KAMILA Hawthorne Went on to Say: “While Weight Loss Medications Have a Lot of Potential Benefits for Patiences Who Are StruGling to Lose Weight and Who Meet All The Clinical Criteria for a preparation, they mustn’t be Seen as a ‘Silver Bullet’ to Aid Weight Loss.
“We also need to see a focus on Prevention, Stoping People BecChoing Overweight in the First Place So They Don’t Require A Medical Intervention Later.”
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‘How I Tried to Get Weight Loss Drugs’
HER Remarks Were Echoed by the National Pharmacy Association’s Cairman Olivier Picard, Who Says.
He argted that they weed to be part of a comprehensive strategy that incomes Lifestyle Coaching, Exercise and Nutritional Guidance – But Many Gps Currently “Lack The Bandwidth” Provide this support.
AS Resort, We COULD END Up in A Situlation What Pations Are Prescyled The Medical, Lose Weight, and then Experience Rebound Weight Gain on decoration – Simply Because The Foundational Lifestyle Changes Weren’t AdDressed, “Mr Picard Added.
Estimates Suggest About 29% of the Adult Population is Obese.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting Says The Government “is defrinal to brings Revolutionary Modern Treatments to everyone who nevers them, not Just Those Who Can Afford to Pay”.
