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NHS under siege while prices soar

Daily Star Sunday

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August 31, 2025

THE NHS has been handing out up to 200 “fat jabs” an hour.

- by DAVID DUBAS-FISHER

Demand for the drug Mounjaro - sometimes used for weight loss - has soared since it was made available on prescription last June.

Health service doctors signed off on more than 147,000 jabs in May - compared to 18,501 the year before.

And it could rise again, with even more people turning to the NHS as private clinics hike prices.

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