High Street stores have sold weight loss Jabs to children, a shocking investigation has proven.
A 16-year-old girl was twice able to buy Wegovy from Boots as part of an undercover probe after giving a fake date of birth dates that was not challenged.
This is despite the fact that the health care giant says that it does not prescribe the injections to someone under the age of 18.
Health secretary Wes Streeting described the findings, shown in a channel 4 dispatches -documentary broadcast tonight, as 'deep concerning'.
Omroep and journalist Ellie Flynn sent an undercover minor schoolgirl to boots to pick up the recipes.
Shed Assacted using the online doctor's system of the boots and forged her date of birth, but otherwise submitted her real name, address and name of her doctor.
She was prescribed the Jabs four days later, because the staff had no contact with her doctor.
The schoolgirl was never asked for a photographic ID, either online or when she went to pick it up in the store.
A 16-year-old girl was able to buy Wegovy at Boots twice as part of an undercover probe after giving a fake date of birthdeater that was not challenged
This is despite the fact that the health care giant says that it does not prescribe the injections to someone under the age of 18
The same happened again when she tried it for the second time.
Omroep Mrs. Flynn said the mail: 'I was really, really surprised by how easy it was, and the fact that it happened more than once shows that there is real reason for concern.
'Everyone is talking about these medicines and it feels a cultural phenomenon almost where people don't see it as healthcare, they see it as an easy way to lose weight.
'I think we should be really careful with the way children can see these drugs and that they might want to get hold of what they can see on social media.
“The fact that one of our most trusted pharmacies in the UK has prescribed this more than once to a child is really worrying.”
Regulator The General Pharmaceutical Council introduced stricter rules last month for access to weight loss injections.
The new guidelines state that pharmacies can no longer rely on patients who fill in an online form and send photos to verify their weight.
They are now obliged to see the patients personally on a video consultation or their medical files directly from their doctor.
Regulator The General Pharmaceutical Council introduced stricter rules last month for access to weight loss injections. The new guidelines state that pharmacies can no longer rely on patients filling in an online form and send photos to verify their weight
Boots promises to contact their GPS as 'an extra safety measure' after prescribing Jabs for weight loss.
But it did not do this on both occasions with the undercover schoolgirl.
The health secretary said it was 'completely unacceptable' for every retailer to prescribe licensed medicines with potentially serious side effects without the correct medical supervision, ID and age verification.
Mr Streeting said: 'Health care regulatory authorities such as the GPC have the powers to investigate and act Rogue prescribers.
'We expect that they do this and have urgent guarantees that action will be taken in this case.
“There can be real health benefits if these treatments are safely provided to the right patients, but they are not to prepare the beach body and retailers must act in a responsible manner in prescribing them.”
Alima Batchelor, head of the policy at the defense association of pharmacists, said, “You expect that there must be verification of the given details … it is disappointing.”
A spokesperson for the boots said: “Patient safety is our first priority. We always strive to offer high care quality to patients, including those whose weight influences their health.
'After publication of the updated general pharmaceutical council guidelines, we have strengthened our ID policy to only accept the official photographic ID.
'We will further revise our processes in consultation with GPHC and Care Quality Commission. At people, we are not forgetting their health information to obtain a prescription medicine. '
Skinny Jab Scandal: Dispatches is available to watch and stream on Channel 4 tonight at 8 p.m.
