Weight-loss jabs on NHS may be rolled out ‘in high streets and shopping centres'
It says the Government will work with industry 'to test innovative models of delivering weight loss services and treatments to patients effectively and safely' in convenient locations, which may include 'on the high street, or at any out-of-town shopping centre'.
Digital-only models, where everything is done and managed online, may also be put in place, the plan says.
Furthermore, companies will not just paid if people lose weight, 'but if that also translates into outcomes that really matter for patients, such as fewer heart attacks, strokes or cancer diagnoses'.
Earlier, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said weight-loss jabs should be available according to need, not the ability to pay.
At the moment, people with a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or more, or 30 but with a linked health condition, can be prescribed jabs on the NHS through specialist weight-management services.
The Health Secretary has pledged to widen access to weight-loss jabs (Alamy/PA)
Other people are paying hundreds of pounds a month to get the jabs privately.
Mr Streeting told LBC radio: 'Weight-loss jabs are the talk of the House of Commons tea rooms, half my colleagues are on them and are judging the rest of us saying 'you lot should be on them'.
'And the thing is, if you can afford these weight loss jabs, which can be over 200 quid a month, well that's all right for you.
'But most people in this country haven't got a spare two and a half grand a year and often the people who have the worst and most challenging obesity also have the lowest income.
'So I'm bringing to weight loss jabs the principle of fairness which has underpinned the NHS.
'It should be available based on need and not the ability to pay.
'And that's what we're going to do on weight-loss jabs, as well as a number of other things, including people getting more fit, more active, supporting people on diet and nutrition….that's the bit of the weight-loss jab debate that sometimes gets lost.
'It's not that you can have some weight-loss jabs and stuff your face with Jaffa cakes…'
He said obesity cost the NHS billions a year, adding that taxes have been going 'up and up' to pay for the health service.
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