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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Semaglutide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of prescribing semiglutides on the NHS for patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
29 Jul 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of prescribing semiglutides on the NHS for patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    While semaglutide is not licensed as a treatment option for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), clinicians can prescribe medicines outside their licensed indication, known as off-label prescribing, where they consider it to be the best treatment option for ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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