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Doctors have warned of a ‘two-tier system’ for weight loss after it emerged just over 700 Scots have received fat jabs on the NHS over the past three years.
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Scots → warn → years
The injections have been prescribed to just 705 patients in pilot schemes and are unavailable to the majority who need them.
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who → prescribe → them
Professor Mark Strachan, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh said: ‘The advent of weight loss medicines is a monumental development in the management of obesity, type II diabetes and the associated health conditions.
‘For example, research indicates a reduced risk of major cardiovascular events – such as heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular death – by around 20 per cent or more in eligible patients.
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research → say → patients
‘As a diabetologist, I see the positive physical and mental health impacts of these medicines in my patients.
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I → see → patients
Some of my patients have lost over 20kgs [more than three stones] in weight because of weight loss medicines.
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Some → lose → medicines
‘But at the moment, many of the people who would benefit from these medicines cannot access them for weight management through the NHS in Scotland.
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who → benefit → Scotland
The Simple Online Pharmacy estimates that 300,000 Scots pay for private prescriptions of the drugs
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Scots → estimate → drugs
Public health data indicate that people living in our most deprived communities may carry a disproportionate burden of obesity and type II diabetes.
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people → indicate → obesity
Meanwhile, those who are well-off financially are often able to afford weight loss medicines through private prescriptions.
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who → afford → prescriptions
‘This may effectively create a two-tier system whereby the financially well-off have fewer barriers to access these medicines.’
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off → create → medicines
The Simple Online Pharmacy estimates that 300,000 Scots pay for private prescriptions of the drugs, which can cost more than £4,000 every year.
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which → estimate → 4,000
Mounjaro was approved for NHS weight-management use in Scotland in 2024 and Wegovy followed in 2023.
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Wegovy → approve → 2023
Only five of the 14 regional health boards north of the Border use diet-suppressant drugs.
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boards → use → drugs
Their use in Scotland is limited to small pilot treatments instead of the widespread GP prescription seen in England and Wales.
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use → limit → England
Around two million Britons use weight loss jabs mainly through private prescriptions.
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Britons → use → prescriptions
Private GP Slinic estimates 280,000 people in the UK have accessed weight loss injections through the NHS, meaning Scots make up just 0.25 per cent.
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Scots → estimate → cent
Public Health Minister Maree Todd said: ‘Individual health boards are responsible for decisions on the implementation and availability of medicines, including obesity medicines.’
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boards → say → medicines
She said each NHS area makes decisions based on the national consensus statement on the drugs which recommends that obesity medicines are introduced in a phased manner depending on a patient’s body mass index and any obesity-related conditions.
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medicines → say → index
A third of Scots are obese, which leads to cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.
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which → lead → disease
Carrying extra weight costs the taxpayer £5.3billion annually in NHS, social work and unemployment bills.
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Carrying → carry → bills
People on lower incomes are more likely to pile on the pounds.
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People → pile → pounds
Weight loss drugs, known as GLP-1 agonists, mimic a hormone that satiates people’s appetite to make them eat less, helping them to lose weight quickly.
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them → know → weight
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