A Quick Guide For Managing Your Weight
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NHS Weight Loss Injections:- Various news outlets are currently running reports that weight loss injections will now be available on the NHS via your GP from today. Prescribing of medications at a local level are governed by ICBs, in our case Cheshire and Merseyside ICB. They have issued the following guidelines which stops the prescribing of these medications for weight loss purposes: https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/your-health/prescribing/statements/mounjaro-tirzepatide/
As a practice we are happy to support our patients who are trying to lose weight through various services such as LOSS, but until locally approved we cannot currently prescribe these medications.