Can you get Weight Watchers membership on the NHS?

Sarah Coles
Updated
feet on a scale in a bathroom close up
feet on a scale in a bathroom close up

The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended that GPs should prescribe more Weight Watchers memberships on the NHS. They already spend £800,000 a year on sending the most obese patients to slimming classes - but the watchdog has said that many more should be referred.

So who is eligible for free classes, and is this fair?%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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