There has been a lot of enquiries to our Surgery for Mounjaro. To clarify, the NHS has very strict guidance about who is eligible to receive this weight loss drug. The Surgery have been given a list of those eligible for funded Mounjaro locally and this only has 6 patients for this year (out of a possible 11,600).
The following criteria applies. People must have:
- a BMI of 40 or over (37.5 if from an ethnic background)
- and 4 out of 5 of the following conditions: type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart and vascular disease, high cholesterol and obstructive sleep apnoea.
Unfortunately if you do not fulfil all of the above criteria we will not be able to prescribe this medication for you.