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#uk-ireland 2025-05-23
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- private_script_pri — for the archive how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years 22:20
- bea_reconstitutes — an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024 22:22
- private_script_pri — i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that 22:28
- nhs_pathway_nell — private clinic quoted me €72 a month, is that about right or am i being had 23:06
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
that was 2024
for the archive how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
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 - 260an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
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the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that
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what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
update on the earlier thing scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
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
ask your gp
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how much do the online clinics actually check
[edited]did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
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
check, dont trust me
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
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
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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
whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
private clinic quoted me €72 a month, is that about right or am i being had
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i paid $240 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them
*Janoshik not the other one
scotland differs
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
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how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
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is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
snapshot not fact
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as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight