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Specialist Weight Management Support in Lancashire & South Cumbria

Specialist weight management support in Lancashire and South Cumbria (June 2025).
The new weight management medication, Tirzepatide (brand name Mounjaro®), will be available to NHS patients nationally from 23 June.

In Lancashire and South Cumbria, while some people may currently qualify for the medication based on national eligibility criteria, it will NOT BE AVAILABLE LOCALLY just yet. Please do not contact your GP as they are currently unable to help. Follow the link for more information

https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/news-and-media/latest-news/specialist-weight-management-support-lancashire-and-south-cumbria-june-2025

My Planned Care - see waiting times - advice and support while you wait and helps you to prepare for your hospital consultation, treatment, or surgery

My Planned Care gives you advice and support while you wait and helps you to prepare for your hospital consultation, treatment, or surgery. This includes giving you information about waiting times at your hospital and other supporting and local services while you wait.

This site is updated weekly and can be viewed by anyone, which means you, your family or carer as well as your NHS team can all see the latest information.

Your hospital team will be in touch with you as soon as they can. If you are looking for an update, please check this website before contacting your hospital or GP.

https://www.myplannedcare.nhs.uk/

Fitness & Wellbeing We are lucky to have a number of expert health, fitness and wellbeing practitioners in the area. This page brings all their details together in one place

Page last reviewed: 26 June 2025
Page created: 16 October 2023