Fat Britain sends NHS prescriptions bill rocketing past £10 BILLION

Fat Britain sends NHS prescriptions bill rocketing past £10 BILLION Britain's ever-bulging waistline has sent the NHS's annual prescription bill past the £10billion milestone.

Official data for the 2022/23 financial year revealed a record £10.4bn was spent on supplying drugs in England last year — up 8 per cent on the previous calendar year. 

Drugs designed to treat type 2 diabetes, a common health complication of obesity, were the biggest burden. The Daily Mail

See also:

• How obesity evolved from a lack of willpower into a disease The Daily Telegraph
• Weight-loss drugs aren’t a magic bullet for Britain’s obesity crisis The Guardian