Obesity: Drugs
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have been prescribed GLP1 weight-loss injections on the NHS in the last year.
Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed
NHS Business Services Authority holds data on drugs that have been submitted for reimbursement from English dispensing contractors in community settings. Patient information has been captured where possible. No data about the clinical indication for a prescription can be captured.
The following table provides the total number of identified patients who were dispensed injectable medicines listed in the NHS Obesity Guidance and licenced for the use of weight loss management, between December 2024 and November 2025, regardless of where prescribed:
Products | Male patients | Female patients |
Injectable weight loss medication | 146,900 | 163,400 |
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