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#uk-ireland 2026-02-10
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Highlights from this day
- gall_bladder_gav — coming back after 17 months, is the nhs picture any better 17:00
- gall_bladder_gav — anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next 17:17
- 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 17:28
- dublin_dose — i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them 17:29
how much do the online clinics actually check
unlicensed isnt illegal
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
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it, take that with a pinch of salt
everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
that was 2024
anyone had a parcel stopped by border force and what actually happened next
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the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this
the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me
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i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them
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🎉6🧊1🧪16
that was last year
anyone moved from a private clinic to nhs or the other way round
the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing
[edited]genuine question is the irish price genuinely higher or is that a currency thing
*that should say weekly
vat was not charged on the private prescription i saw, but i am the wrong person to ask about tax
off label is different
did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35
is the picture in ireland completely separate on reimbursement
the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing, i think
did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
check, dont trust me
right so what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
ni has its own rules
ask your gp
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us
scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
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, your mileage will differ