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Northern Ireland officials warn of worrying new trend as DIY 'skinny jabs' seized
08 Aug 2025
Healthcare providers will be expected to monitor people for at least a year after they come off obesity medication, according to new guidance.
05 Aug 2025
An NPA poll found younger people were more likely to try and access Mounjaro and Wegovy despite falling outside of the clinical guidelines.
28 Jul 2025
Parliamentary health select committee accepting evidence on weight loss interventions.
21 Jul 2025
Weight loss drugs have helped many people on their weight management journey, and now new research is showing that they may have more benefits. Eating a varied diet, prioritising whole foods and remembering what constitutes a ‘healthy weight’ however, is still important.
07 Jul 2025
Keir Starmer raised the possibility of pharmacies providing weight loss jabs and appeared to contradict chief pharmaceutical officer David Webb in the process.
03 Jul 2025
MHRA launches study as hundreds of GLP-1 users hospitalised
27 Jun 2025
Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) is now available through NHS primary care services in England to restricted groups of patients under three year roll-out plan.
24 Jun 2025
The National Pharmacy Association said regulations and guidance must "keep pace” with the huge demand for weight loss medicines.
05 Jun 2025
David Webb said there is an appetite within Government to explore “different” ways of delivering them outside of general practice.
19 May 2025
National Pharmacy Association chair Olivier Picard cautioned pharmacies must be properly funded to provide injections on the NHS.
02 May 2025
What exactly are GLP-1RAs, how do they work and – perhaps most importantly – will they provide a solution to the obesity crisis? Plus the furore over the availability of weight loss medicines via online pharmacies hits the headlines. Rod Tucker reports.
18 Apr 2025
The General Pharmaceutical Council warned registrants not to advertise prescription-only medicines or face the regulatory consequences.
11 Apr 2025
Regulator receives concerns around pharmacies selling unregulated weight loss injections.
10 Apr 2025
The Medical Defence Union said GPs must have “a robust system in place to gather relevant information before a prescription is provided.”
07 Feb 2025
The National Pharmacy Association said “tougher regulation” is needed “amid a prediction of a new year’s boom in demand."
27 Jan 2025
