#uk-ireland 2026-01-19

scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait

ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect

coming back after 8 months, is the nhs picture any better

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

unlicensed isnt illegal

pharmacy has had nothing for three weeks, is that everywhere or just my bit of the country

ni has its own rules

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

off label is different

member reported only

an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024

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

snapshot not fact

prices have moved since

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

mine was 18 months

the tier 3 referral needed my gp to actually make it, and that turned out to be harder than meeting the criteria

private clinic quoted me $38 a month, is that about right or am i being had

that was 2024

ireland is separate

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

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

ring more pharmacies

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

off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence

whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk

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, from memory

anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next

whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare

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does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real

nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out