The amount of NHS hospital treatment for obese patients has quadrupled in a decade, new statistics show. Official figures ...

Of the total hospital episodes in 2023/24, 11,221 cases had obesity listed as the primary reason for treatment. Recently, the NHS announced that it would limit access to weight loss injections to ...

There are precedents for a hybrid NHS-private model of healthcare. Ten years ago, a new drug treatment arrived that could ...

Wegovy (semaglutide) has become a social media sensation as a weight-loss treatment after ... The current costs of obesity in the UK are £6.1 billion to the NHS and £27 billion to wider society ...

“Currently, obesity treatment is inaccessible to those who need it most, namely individuals with the highest levels of excess ...

Up to 3.4 million eligible patients could benefit from the medication that treats type 2 diabetes and aids weight loss ...

So many people are now taking medication that the inexorable rise in obesity could start to reverse, one of the biggest online sellers of weight loss jabs suggests.