unrelated but ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
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- void_volume — northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice 21:25
- triple_ag_tom — i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy 21:56
- maintenance_mo — i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them 22:16
- VialBot — New independent result logged — JEEP, lot H-2814, purity 99.2% (Medutest). 23:06
scotland differs
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check, dont trust me
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
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update from 25 months ago: my clinic price went up by $120 and the supply steadied in the same month
the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
that was last year
ni has its own rules
mine was 18 months
right so how much do the online clinics actually check
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention, n of 1 obviously
what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
sorry to jump in does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
the pharmacy gap in my area lasted about six weeks when i went through it, and it was member reported as nationwide at the time
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
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anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england
that was 2024
vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
genuine question as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
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a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it, ask me again in a month
is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
slightly off topic but i paid £72 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
ok so wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
private clinic quoted me €120 a month, is that about right or am i being had
genuine question northern ireland sits under different arrangements from great britain and those have changed more than once, so do not treat anything i say about it as current
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
snapshot not fact
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anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
border force stopped a parcel of mine and sent a letter, and that was the whole of it. no follow up and no knock at the door
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
New independent result logged — JEEP, lot H-2814, purity 99.2% (Medutest).
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter