# MPs urge wider NHS access to Mounjaro amid concerns over rollout limits

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/give-millions-more-weight-loss-jabs-mps-demand-as-report-shows-just-6-of-eligible-patients-are-offered-mounjaro/
- Published: 2026-10-23T07:19:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:32:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/health/article-16229435/weight-loss-jabs-rollout-mounjaro.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
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## Key points

- MPs say NHS access to Mounjaro is too limited.
- The rollout aims to reach 200,000 patients over three years.
- MPs suggest digital support and more bariatric surgery.

## Summary

MPs have urged the Government to expand access to Mounjaro on the NHS, saying the current rollout will reach only a small share of eligible patients. A parliamentary committee warned that limited NHS access could push some people towards unregulated sellers, while private prescriptions costing more than £300 a month may deepen inequalities.

The three-year rollout, which began in 2024, aims to provide the drug to 200,000 patients. Mounjaro can currently be prescribed by GPs only to people with a BMI over 35 and at least four serious weight-related conditions; it can help patients lose around a fifth of their body weight after 17 months. MPs also called for digital providers to support prescribing and monitoring, for obesity to be treated as a chronic disease, and for greater use of bariatric surgery, with 6,550 procedures carried out in 2024-25.

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