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#uk-ireland 2024-10-05

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Highlights from this day
  • private_script_pri — nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england, thats just me 21:42
  • sharps_bin_sid — the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me 22:23
  • private_script_pri — a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it, still working it out 22:50
  • bea_reconstitutes — anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was… 22:52
  • swab_dry_first — anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round 23:48
PS

nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england, thats just me

NP

wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand

unlicensed isnt illegal

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a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us

SB

the mhra publishes supply notices. whether your pharmacy has read them is an entirely separate matter

SB

the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me

SD

northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice

PS

a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it, still working it out

BR

anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect

SD

anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round

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 - 260
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