right so anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round
#uk-ireland 2026-03-18
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- assay_not_purity — anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next 20:18
- meal_prep_mick — update from 20 months ago: my clinic price went up by €120 and the supply steadied in the same month, i have it written down somewhere 20:59
- vacuum_vic — 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 21:16
- sulphur_burp — i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy 21:36
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
update on the earlier thing how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
ring more pharmacies
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us, your mileage will differ
off label is different
anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
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ask your gp
just a letter
that was 2024
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
*that should say weekly
wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
unlicensed isnt illegal
the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
[edited]vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
*VendorInvestigate not the other one
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
the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
i paid $240 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
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update from 20 months ago: my clinic price went up by €120 and the supply steadied in the same month, i have it written down somewhere
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 - 260ni has its own rules
what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
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snapshot not fact
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
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 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
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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
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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
anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
[edited]that was last year
check, dont trust me
is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
supply was upstream
i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
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as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk
prices have moved since
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
meal_prep_mickupdate from 20 months ago: my clinic price went up by €120 and the supply steadied in…
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare
Digest for the week of 2026-01-17 has been published.
Recon calculator: 2mg in 1.5ml = 4mg/ml.
ireland is separate
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me, anyway
is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk