Weight Loss Injections

!WEIGHT LOSS INJECTIONS!

Local Update for patients of Shakespeare Road on the prescribing of weight loss injections in GP surgeries.  

Due to high volumes of enquiries we ask you not to contact the surgery at this current time.

GP’s can only prescribe weight loss injections (such as Mounjaro) once a full wrap around support service is in place locally.  This includes a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity programme which patients must engage with for at least nine months.  We are currently waiting for this service to be put in place by South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Commissioners of NHS Services)  meaning we remain unable to prescribe weight loss injections at this current time.

Once launched, patient eligibility will be rolled out on specific cohorts which will be prioritised over the coming years, the first group (cohort 1) are:

• BMI over 40
• Patients with 4 of the 5 weight related conditions (Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart and vascular disease, high cholesterol, obstructive sleep apnoea)

(Please note, that many patients currently buying these medications privately will therefore not be eligible for NHS prescriptions due to a strict criteria)

Until such time that this service is fully commissioned and roll out commences across South Yorkshire, we remain able to refer patients to our current specialist weight management service and to Rotherham Healthwave, for weight loss support.