GPs offered cash bonuses to prescribe weight loss drugs

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GPs offered cash bonuses to prescribe weight loss drugs

GP practices in England are to be offered bonuses to prescribe weight loss drugs to patients.

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They could get up to £3,000 a year to improve access to weight loss support.

Most of the 1.5 million people who take the new generation of drugs access them privately.

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Date: February 24, 2026