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Semaglutide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are being prescribed Ozempic for weight loss in the UK.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
13 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are being prescribed Ozempic for weight loss in the UK.

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Ozempic is only licenced for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and can only be prescribed off-label for use in weight management.The data requested is not held centrally. Although the NHS Business Services Authority collects data on the number of prescript...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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