pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
#uk-ireland 2025-06-14
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Highlights from this day
- ferrous_ash — i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that 19:50
- ferrous_ash — anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round 20:22
- bea_reconstitutes — what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word 21:35
- bea_reconstitutes — what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route 22:02
- bea_reconstitutes — coming back to this ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect 22:04
anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
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
mine was 18 months
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, still working it out
supply was upstream
i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
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scotland differs
wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
unlicensed in mhra terms means there is no uk marketing authorisation for that product. it is not the same as illegal and it is not the same as approved
i paid $240 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them, still working it out
slightly off topic but nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england, still working it out
just a letter
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when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
update from 11 months ago: my clinic price went up by £55 and the supply steadied in the same month, ask me again in a month
anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round
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as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
snapshot not fact
[edited]the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention, i have it written down somewhere
is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
coming back after 4 months, is the nhs picture any better
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
that was 2024
right so an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
prices have moved since
did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
ni has its own rules
ireland is separate
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ask your gp
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a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare
the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria
what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word
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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
does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
unlicensed isnt illegal
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what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
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coming back to this 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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member reported only
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them