Works have also begun on building a new section of the A417 at Cowley Junction.
Patients should follow a diet and physical activity programme, and the drug should be only prescribed for a maximum of two years, according to NHS guidelines.The body which assesses how all drugs are used, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), has recommended that Mounjaro should also be used alongside advice on diet and exercise.
As with Wegovy, it will initially only be available to obese patients who have a weight-related health condition and are under the care of a specialist.Around 3.4 million people could eventually qualify for Mounjaro.To help manage demand,
. It is thought 300,000 could benefit in the first three years.Separately, the government also announced plans to offer weight loss jabs to unemployed people in England living with obesity.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the move
But weight-loss specialists have warned that NHS obesity services are already struggling to deal with demand for these drugs, and that the injections should only be used as part of a wider treatment plan.who went from Welsh international footballer to referee is a new MBE, a rank she now shares with
, British swimming's national lead coach, who has guided the success of several recent Olympic medallists.But one of the other new MBEs is a woman whose biggest feat came just this year. Ultramarathon runner
became the first woman to complete the gruelling Barkley Marathons in Tennessee, memorably slumping to the ground exhausted as she finished the race just inside the allotted 60 hours., who has been the frontman of Duran Duran since 1980, is appointed an MBE, while the voice behind two of the biggest number ones of the 1970s - Boney M singer