anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round
#uk-ireland 2026-06-01
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- rotterdam_recon — the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria, i think 20:13
- rotterdam_recon — is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing 21:13
- VialBot — Verification log updated: CPC — evidence added, status unchanged. 22:51
*Medutest not the other one
the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee, i think
the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria, i think
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nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it, take that with a pinch of salt
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i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
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
unrelated but anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england
what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
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
ireland is separate
that was 2024
an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
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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
vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
mine was 18 months
is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
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
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
what does unlicensed actually mean when the mhra uses the word
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
ring more pharmacies
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follow up the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter
ask your gp
unlicensed isnt illegal
how much do the online clinics actually check
slightly off topic but 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
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the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
i paid $38 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country