genuine question did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35
#uk-ireland 2026-05-31
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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
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
member reported only
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
[edited]everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
off label is different
nhs_pathway_nellthere was a two year limit in the nhs guidance i read. what happened at the end of it…
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, someone check my working
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 what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
check, dont trust me
slightly off topic but nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
right so an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
[edited]coming back to this the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
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
the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria
the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter, i think
prices have moved since
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
private clinic quoted me $240 a month, is that about right or am i being had
anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england
mine was 18 months
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 - 260is the pharmacy supply gap the manufacturer or the wholesalers
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anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
unrelated but 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
is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
unlicensed isnt illegal
is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
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
gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
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