Mark Spurr has gone from 30st to 21st after beginning weekly Mounjaro injections when he was denied help from the NHS because he didn’t have a weight-related illness
A man who was left “crying on his knees” after being denied NHS weight loss jabs has lost nine stone and saved thousands of pounds by opting for private treatment.
Grandfather-of-two Mark Spurr, 53, has seen his weight plummet from 30st to 21st and has shed eight inches from his waist since he began weekly Mounjaro injections eight months ago.
The security officer from Morley, West Yorkshire, had pleaded with his GP for the NHS treatment in June when he realised he could no longer fit into his required stab-proof vest for work at an immigration centre in Leeds and struggled with the walk from the car park.
With a body-mass index score of 57, well off the chart, he was still deemed ineligible for the NHS criteria, which demand a BMI over 35 plus at least one weight-related illness for those with “the highest clinical needs”.
Determined to keep his job and improve his health, Mark took matters into his own hands and started purchasing the treatment privately through Cloud Pharmacy, with costs starting at £100 per month.
Not only has he experienced significant weight loss, but Mark also claims he’s now £2,000 better off, having cut out the £400 monthly expenditure on snacks and takeaways, all thanks to the medication that fools the brain into feeling satiated.
“Mounjaro’s changed my life and it might have even saved my life,” Mark shared. “I couldn’t walk across the car park in June and last weekend, I hiked Whernside mountain in the Yorkshire Dales.
“When I went to the GP, I was basically on my hands and knees crying my eyes out and pleading with them to prescribe it to me, I was in so much pain.
“I might as well have been smashing my head against a brick wall as I was told I didn’t fit the criteria. But they recommended that I take it privately and now I feel fantastic.”
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