Vitality members will have discounted access to the Boots online doctor weight loss service from the spring.
Eventually the partnership aims to expand access to additional health and wellbeing services.
From Spring, qualifying Vitality members will have access to up to 25% discount on Boots online doctor weight loss service, which combines weight loss treatment with clinical care and access to support.
This includies a programme promoting sustainable lifestyle and behavioural changes, access to an app to track progress and a free 12-month aftercare programme for customers who have stopped medication.
The service sees medicines delivered to customers’ homes or at one of its 1,800 stores. All services will be delivered in line with UK clinical guidelines and eligibility criteria.
The discount percentage will be tiered, depending on a person’s Vitality status meaning members access a higher discount when they are more physically active and healthier.
Neville Koopowitz, CEO of Vitality, said: “Prevention represents one of the greatest opportunities of our time to improve health outcomes at scale, extend longevity and reduce the long-term cost burden on society.
“Realising this requires a fundamental shift in how health is approached across the system, including the role insurers play. This partnership with Boots is built on those foundations.
“Lasting progress comes from empowering people with earlier access, better support and services, and the tools to make sustainable changes to their health and wellbeing.”
Jamie Kerruish, chief healthcare officer at Boots, said: “This partnership will allow us to share our growing range of healthcare services with Vitality’s members, helping them to take control of their healthcare needs.
“Given the growing demand for weight loss medicines to treat obesity and their huge potential for transforming the nation’s health, kicking off this partnership with our Boots Online Doctor Weight Loss Service was an easy choice.
“We are incredibly proud of our weight-loss service proposition. Not only do we provide access to medicines to those who need them, we also offer a total support package that will help patients to make the lifestyle and behavioural changes to manage their weight sustainably.
“I look forward to expanding this partnership later this year to provide access to even more healthcare services available at Boots.”
