how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
#uk-ireland 2025-06-02
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Highlights from this day
- step_one_sian — 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, n of 1 obviously 18:43
- nhs_pathway_nell — northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice 19:36
- knees_first — is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies 20:24
- sulphur_burp — coming back to this scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait 20:26
- sulphur_burp — a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us 20:28
that was 2024
for the archive 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
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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, n of 1 obviously
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 - 260nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england, still working it out
Channel stats, last 30 days: 26 messages from 37 members.
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, n of 1 obviously
does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
member reported only
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 - 260border 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
sorry to jump in when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
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ireland is separate
just a letter
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what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
snapshot not fact
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🔥10👀5📈4
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
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
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everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
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coming back to this scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
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a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
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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 would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
wales was reported in here as slower to get started and steadier once you were in, and that was second hand
mine was 18 months
Testing queue: 3 submissions open, 97 awaiting dispatch.
the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria
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scotland differs
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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
supply was upstream
check, dont trust me
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next