whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
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#uk-ireland 2025-03-09
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- chlorhex — whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk 12:46
- reship_rita — wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand, n of 1 obviously 12:59
- private_script_pri — while im here gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing 13:11
- slow.taper — private clinic quoted me £55 a month, is that about right or am i being had 13:47
- bpc_sceptic — how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day 14:43
update from 14 months ago: my clinic price went up by €94 and the supply steadied in the same month
there was a two year limit in the nhs guidance i read. what happened at the end of it was not clear to me then and may be clearer now
scotland differs
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wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand, n of 1 obviously
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i paid $72 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
i have never been asked for id at a pharmacy for this and other members here have, so it seems to be down to the individual pharmacist
check, dont trust me
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while im here gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
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i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
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ring more pharmacies
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
private clinic quoted me £55 a month, is that about right or am i being had
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did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35
unlicensed isnt illegal
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vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
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
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
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the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment, happy to be corrected
supply was upstream
a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it