Worker health | Gov considers weight loss drugs to help get people back in work

The UK Government is considering using weight-loss drugs to help support obese people in returning to work and reduce the high rates of long-term sickness, which have become a significant strain on the economy.

Health Minister Wes Streeting suggested that the drug — a rival to Novo Nordisk's Ozempic which has the same effects but produced by pharmaceutical rival Eli Lilly — could potentially improve the nation’s health.