how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
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#uk-ireland 2025-06-28
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- step_one_sian — how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years 07:08
- knees_first — slightly off topic but a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us 07:56
- knees_first — anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round 10:55
- slow.taper — i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them 11:13
- VialBot — Assay note: SGN lot G-0641 reported at 99.4% of label content. 11:15
anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
that was 2024
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is vat charged on a private prescription in the uk
pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country
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
how much do the online clinics actually check
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]an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
slightly off topic but a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
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anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
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
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
ireland is separate
genuine question i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it
vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
prices have moved since
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anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round
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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
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies
i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
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Assay note: SGN lot G-0641 reported at 99.4% of label content.
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence, ask me again in a month
supply was upstream
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cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision