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Weight loss injections now available nationwide on NHS for first time

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Access is now increasing to specialist weight loss management services. (Getty Images) Weight loss injections like Wegovy will now ...

NHS to dish out MORE free fat jabs by paying GPs extra cash to prescribe – will you be eligible?

DOCTORS will be paid to put more patients on fat jabs under NHS plans to beat obesity. More patients are set to get weight loss injections like Wegovy and Mounjaro from their GP in the scheme. In ...

NHS fat jab roll-out facing delays as over-sensitive GPs fail to diagnose patients as obese until it is too late

OVER-sensitive GPs are failing to diagnose patients as obese, research suggests. It could hold up the planned fat-jab ...

Major NHS change means your GP is more likely to prescribe weight loss jabs

Some 2.4 million Brits are taking weight-loss jabs such as Mounjaro and Wegovy - but until now the vast majority have had to pay privately for them ...
Medscape

NHS 'World First' Cancer Injection Roll-Out

Hundreds of cancer patients will be offered a subcutaneous cancer injection that can reduce treatment time by up to 75% in a rollout that NHS England described as a "world first". Patients being ...
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NHS Approves Injection That Could Stop HIV

For the first time, patients in England and Wales will be able to access a long-acting injection to prevent HIV through the NHS, bringing the policy in line with Scotland. The new jab, administered ...
Irish Sun

NHS fat jab gender split revealed after GPs gave 310k Brits slimming injections in just one year

MORE women than men were handed fat jab medicines on the NHS last year. Stats for England show 310,300 got GLP-1 slimming injections from their GP between December 2024 and November 2025. They were ...

NHS lists eight ways you can lose weight without injections

In good news, the NHS notes that weight loss doesn’t require a complete diet overhaul and through its Better Health website, the NHS has outlined a number of straightforward, practical steps that can ...
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Woman praises NHS for weight loss as injection gives her 'new lease of life'

A woman who achieved significant weight loss by dropping from size 16 to size 12, has praised the NHS decision to offer the drug Mounjaro, which she uses, saying will give people "a new lease of life" ...
Liverpool Echo

Hay fever injections: What are they, how do they work and can you get hay fever vaccines on NHS?

With hay fever season about to start, many are seeking long-term solutions instead of relying on sprays and tablets. Hay fever is usually at its worst between March and September when the pollen count ...
News Medical

Tackling NHS crisis: Experts call for immediate £8.5 billion yearly cash injection

The NHS needs an immediate cash injection of around £8.5bn a year over the next four years to make up a £32bn shortfall in funding and help tackle the current crisis, especially in areas such as ...