Weight Loss Drugs: A New Front in the Obesity Debate, Shifting Access and Efficacy Questions
New weight loss pills and stricter NHS rules for obesity drugs in the UK. Find out who can get them and what happens when you stop.
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Weight loss drugs are now available in pill form, making them easier to take than injections. The NHS has new rules for who can get these popular obesity treatments.
#WeightLossDrugs, #NHS, #Obesity, #HealthUK, #NewMedication
https://newsletter.tf/uk-weight-loss-drugs-new-rules-access/
Recently the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) made an adjustment to the terminology of paragraph 59 of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (NF). The new version of paragraph 59 states: The old version of paragraph 59 was as follows: While this amendment potentially does not change the core meaning of the section of the NF and in fact emphasises the link between the primary health need test and the quantity and quality test established in the Coughlan judgement, it now appears to specifically state that ‘Part A’ of the test only applies ...read more
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Ian Stronge