Specifically, starmer has insisted that considering this option responds to the need to reduce pressure on the National Health System (NHS, in English). Due to the high cost, this type of injections are only prescribed by public health in the case of obsessives with health problems and also for those who have diabetes, but with the new plan the Government intends to extend it free of charge to more people who suffer from this problem.
The Labor leader has come out in favor of the plan after it was presented by the British Minister of Health, Wes Streetingin an article published in the newspaper The Telegraph. “Our widening belts are also placing a significant burden on our health service, costing 11 billion pounds (13,090 million euros) a year, even more than smoking,” he noted.
“Diseases caused by obesity – he indicated – make people take four extra days per illness per year on averagewhile many others are forced to be left without work.
The Government is considering this option following the beginning of a study by the pharmaceutical company Lilly to establish the effectiveness of the drug Mounjaro for the treatment of obesity and its contribution to reducing unemployment. Mounjaro, manufactured by Lilly, is considered effective after a previous analysis found that people injected with this drug They lost 21% of their body weight over a period of 36 weeks.
The NHS believes that, if the plan goes ahead, it will have to be staggered because a high level of demand is expected.
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