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Government partners with Mounjaro maker to tackle obesity
The £85 million UK-wide initiative aims to ease NHS pressures by enabling 240,000 patients to access holistic obesity care via pharmacies, digital tools, and community services.
- Launching a new health innovation scheme, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Eli Lilly unveiled an 85 million programme to improve NHS access to obesity care on Tuesday 12 August.
- Amid rising obesity rates, about 28% of UK adults are categorised as obese and about one in three children leaving primary school face overweight or obesity, according to the Healthy Survey for England and the National Child Measurement Programme.
- About 240,000 patients are expected to be eligible over the next three years, with NHS organisations able to apply for at least £10 million ring-fenced for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
- To relieve strain on health services, it will deliver weight management care through digital platforms, community-based access, and pharmacies, easing pressure on NHS and GPs.
- The Government said eligible patients could access these services by summer 2026, aiming to reduce the estimated 11 billion NHS costs of obesity-related ill health.
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Government partners with Mounjaro maker to tackle obesity
The £85 million programme will looks at ways for patients to access services more easily.
Digital platforms to help patients with obesity
Digital platforms to help patients with obesity Polly Jones 12 August, 2025 Digital platforms to help patients with obesity 12 August, 2025 A new programme to test new ways to support patients living with obesity is being backed by to £85 million from government and pharmaceutical company Lilly.The programme will enable access to weight management care more easily through new routes like digital platforms, local community-based access, and ph…
Government and Lilly launch UK-wide £85M programme to tackle obesity with pharmacies & digital access
A new £85 million programme, backed by the UK government and Lilly, will give NHS patients easier access to obesity support via pharmacies, digital tools and community services, aiming to reduce health inequalities and cut NHS costs.
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New help for patients battling obesity through pharmacies and community access
Tens of thousands of NHS patients living with obesity could get cutting-edge help to improve their health, thanks to a new health innovation programme being announced today (Tuesday 12 August 2025). New programme backed by up to £85 million from government and pharmaceutical company Lilly to test new ways to support patients living with obesity across the UK.
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