#uk-ireland 2026-06-17

the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention

driving never came up for me at all and i would ask a clinician rather than take my word on it

update from 6 months ago: my clinic price went up by $38 and the supply steadied in the same month

did anyone get a tier 3 referral without a bmi over 35

how much do the online clinics actually check

a private prescription in the uk was dispensable at any pharmacy willing to take it, in my experience of it

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

i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy, happy to be corrected

is a private prescription transferable between pharmacies

ireland is separate

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, thats one data point

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

has anyone been asked for id at a pharmacy counter for this

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

cheapest legitimate route i found was a pharmacy led online service, and cheapest is only one axis of that decision

*that should say weekly

the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing

coming back after 18 months, is the nhs picture any better

anyone in ireland willing to compare what theyre paying

whats the position on driving, is there anything anyone had to declare
i paid £240 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them

i paid €72 a month at a private clinic in 2024 and the price went up twice while i was with them

snapshot not fact

how many pharmacies do people ring before giving up for the day

the seizure letters members have had here have been letters and nothing else, but that is our sample rather than a guarantee

a member in dublin said their pharmacy supply was steadier than mine in england, which surprised both of us, take that with a pinch of salt

unlicensed isnt illegal

as of when i last looked, nhs access ran through specialist weight management services and the criteria were tight

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, happy to be corrected

does anyone know whether the shortage list is public

mine was 18 months

sorry to jump in nobody here can tell you what your gp will do. the variation between practices is the whole story in england

i moved from private to nhs and the handover was messy. one experience in one area, nothing more than that

for the archive unlicensed in mhra terms means there is no uk marketing authorisation for that product. it is not the same as illegal and it is not the same as approved

member reported only

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

gp said they cant prescribe it at all, is that national or a local budget thing

the criteria included a bmi threshold plus comorbidities when i read them, and they have been revised since, so check rather than trust me

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

supply was upstream

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

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

just a letter