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Stewart Carr

Weight-loss drug rollout on the NHS blasted as 'unambitious' by MPs

The rollout of Mounjaro on the NHS has been criticised by MPs - (PA)

Plans to roll out the weight-loss drug Mounjaro on the NHS have been blasted as “unambitious” as they will reach only a “woefully small number of people”, according to MPs.

Only around 6% of eligible people will get or currently receive Mounjaro (a GLP-1 weight loss drug) on the NHS in its first three years, with millions more turning to private firms, according to the Commons Health and Social Care Committee.

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