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Revealed: Huge shortfall in NHS funding for weight-loss jab

Sky News Thursday, 4 September 2025 ()
Revealed: Huge shortfall in NHS funding for weight-loss jabSo little money has been set aside by the NHS for the rollout of the Mounjaro weight-loss jab in GP surgeries that as few as one in five people with life-threatening obesity is likely to get treatment, new research shows.
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