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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jane Kirby

Mounjaro rollout on NHS is too slow and creating ‘two-tier system’, MPs warn

NHS plans to distribute the weight-loss drug Mounjaro "are unambitious" and will reach a "woefully small number of people", MPs have warned.

A report by the Commons Health and Social Care Committee found that only about 6 per cent of eligible patients will get or currently receive Mounjaro (a GLP-1 weight loss drug) through the NHS across its initial three years, with millions more turning instead to private firms.

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