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Weight Management Toolkit 4

The fourth of six toolkits. This toolkit focuses on designing and implementing a weight loss service

20 Aug 2026

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Weight Management Toolkit 3

The third of six toolkits. This toolkit focuses on pharmacological interventions

20 Aug 2026

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Weight Management Toolkit 2

The second of six toolkits. This toolkit focuses on Evidence-based approaches to diet and physical activity

20 Aug 2026

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Weight Management Toolkit 1

This is the first of six toolkits and covers pharmacy’s evolving role in weight management.

20 Aug 2026

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Weight Management Toolkit 5

The fifth of six toolkits. This toolkit focuses on enhancing consultation skills for effective patient management

20 Aug 2026

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Pharmacies in Leicester and Northamptonshire to take part in Labour’s obesity care project

The Government’s obesity pathway innovation programme will increase weight management support for people in the UK.

01 Jul 2026

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What happens when GLP-1 treatment stops?

GLP-1s have been hailed as a revolutionary medical breakthrough in the fight against obesity. But what happens when the drug stops? A recent analysis provides an interesting but somewhat disturbing finding. Rod Tucker takes a closer look…

20 Feb 2026

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NHS diabetes budget soars as Mounjaro spend up 340-fold

Mounjaro 'emerges as new cost driver' in latest NHSBSA annual report

21 Aug 2025

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Pharmacies across UK to play role in Labour’s £85m obesity programme

Labour is committing £50 million into the scheme, which could start next summer, while pharmaceutical company Lilly is investing £35 million.

12 Aug 2025

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Day Lewis and PocDoc team up in weight management push

Partnership means pharmacy group can take a more holistic approach to its weight management services.

28 Jul 2025

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Mounjaro now available in primary care to restricted group of patients

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

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Long read: Are GLP-1RAs the answer to the obesity crisis?

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

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Clinical briefing: the rise of weight loss drugs

As weight loss drugs become more popular, our clinical editor, Mark Greener, examines their place in fighting the UK’s obesity epidemic

06 Mar 2025

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Call for urgent review of NHS obesity strategy due to huge demand for new therapies

Over 200 clinicians are calling for an urgent review of obesity treatment services in England in response to an “unprecedented public demand” for new pharmaceutical therapies.

17 Oct 2024

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NHS plans to give Mounjaro to 250k patients over three years to tackle obesity

NICE consults on proposals to roll out GLP-1 receptor agonist to critical target groups

08 Oct 2024

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The weight of the world

Children and young people are suffering through an obesity crisis, with UK statistics showing worrying upward trends for the future.

19 Aug 2024

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