scotland ran a different process from england when i looked into it, and a member there reported a shorter wait
#uk-ireland 2026-06-07
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- nhs_pathway_nell — gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing 19:28
- vacuum_vic — i would not repeat any of the nhs criteria as current fact, they were revised at least once since i last read them 20:12
- VialBot — Verification log updated: WWB — evidence added, status unchanged. 20:14
- vacuum_vic — the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing the criteria included a bmi threshold… 20:28
- knees_first — anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england 23:02
gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing
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ask your gp
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ring more pharmacies
[edited]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
does anyone know whether the shortage list is public
ni has its own rules
supply was upstream
ok so how long is the nhs specialist weight management wait where people are, mine was quoted at two years
that was 2024
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unlicensed isnt illegal
whats the cheapest legitimate private route people have found in the uk
nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england, anyway
did anyone get through the nhs route and how long was it end to end
the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention
i was wrong in here about what unlicensed meant for about six months until somebody sorted me out
prices have moved since
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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
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Verification log updated: WWB — evidence added, status unchanged.
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when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment, anyway
sorry to jump in i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision
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
the online clinics vary enormously in how much they check. one wanted a video call and photographs and one wanted almost nothing
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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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
scotland differs
[edited]the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee
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anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying
for the archive ireland runs its own reimbursement system and as best i understood it a year ago the picture there was less generous than people expect
everything in this channel about pricing is a snapshot. read any figure here as the month somebody typed it
northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
ireland is separate
off label and unlicensed get used interchangeably in here and they are different. off label is a licensed product used outside its licence
member reported only
coming back to this how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day
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 last year
check, dont trust me
update from 23 months ago: my clinic price went up by $38 and the supply steadied in the same month
what happens at the end of the two years on the nhs route
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
as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight
does the two year wait figure people quote come from anywhere real
an irish member told me their out of pocket cost was noticeably higher than the uk equivalent when they compared in 2024
anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england
cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision