i paid $38 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them, ask me again in a month
#uk-ireland 2025-08-07
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- swab_dry_first — an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024, happy to be corrected 22:05
- gall_bladder_gav — while im here anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england 22:07
- ghent_gradient — driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it 22:26
- yyz_vial — nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england, i have it written down somewhere 23:00
- dublin_dose — the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing the private quotes i collected last… 23:08
does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
*Medutest not the other one
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024, happy to be corrected
reported by members, own currency, not comparable directly
private clinic, UK 145 - 220
statutory, DE 10 co-pay
private script, DE 180 - 240
pharmacy, PL 95 - 140
pharmacy, SE 210 - 260while im here anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england
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sorry to jump in does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
quick one i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them, we shall see
sorry to jump in the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
follow up gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
scotland differs
what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it
mine was 18 months
ask your gp
member reported only
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
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i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out, we shall see
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
ireland is separate
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
right so is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk
what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
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is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
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
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england, i have it written down somewhere
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genuine question wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
the private quotes i collected last spring ran from about 130 to about 250 a month depending on dose, and that will have moved since
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
member reported tier 3 waits in england were all over the place, from nine months to nearly three years, as of about a year ago
prices have moved since
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ring more pharmacies
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round
is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
just a letter