Question follow-through · 50499
Obesity: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been prescribed (a) Ozempic and (b) other weight loss medication in the last 12 months.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 14 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been prescribed (a) Ozempic and (b) other weight loss medication in the last 12 months.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 May 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 NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) collects data on the number of prescriptions dispensed in England. Between March ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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