coming back after 17 months, is the nhs picture any better
#uk-ireland 2025-10-18
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- vacuum_vic — the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing, thats just me 13:10
- gall_bladder_gav — what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route 15:07
- courier_vs_post — has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this 15:32
- slow.taper — the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me 15:51
- VialBot — Purity check: no report on file for lot A-2418. Nothing logged either way. 17:19
everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
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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, i could be wrong
whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing, thats just me
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
just a letter
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ring more pharmacies
anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
snapshot not fact
check, dont trust me
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follow up i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
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has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
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the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
sorry to jump in i paid €38 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
ok so as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
[edited]supply was upstream
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how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
[edited]ireland is separate
Purity check: no report on file for lot A-2418. Nothing logged either way.
an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
how much do the online clinics actually check
unlicensed isnt illegal
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out