Question follow-through · 37512
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to the public purse was of prescribing Ozempic to NHS patients without a diagnosis of diabetes, heart disease or kidney disease in 2024-25.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to the public purse was of prescribing Ozempic to NHS patients without a diagnosis of diabetes, heart disease or kidney disease in 2024-25.
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
Information is not collected on the clinical condition a medicine is prescribed for. Ozempic is only licenced for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and guidance is clear that medications licensed to treat type 2 diabetes should not be prescribed for weight...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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