About 220,000 patients expected to receive Mounjaro over three years as GPs can prescribe the drugs for the first time

Drug to initially be offered to people with BMI over 40 with at least four other health problems linked to obesity

Around 29% of the adult population in the UK is obese

NHS England says the first patients able to get the jab will be those most in need.

About 220,000 patients expected to receive Mounjaro over three years as GPs can prescribe the drugs for the first time

As the NHS rolls out weight loss drugs like Mounjaro more widely, we’re asking whether they should be available to all who qualify, or reserved for only the most severe cases