[Question] England vs Scotland pathways — genuinely different, right
The title is the whole question — England vs Scotland pathways — genuinely different, right — but here is why I am asking. Concentrations can differ between products and between pharmacies. Switching mid-titration means redoing the arithmetic rather than carrying the old unit count across. Scotland, Wales and…
Why the monthly pricing tracker works, and the rule that makes it work.
Members post the pharmacy, the product, the month and the price they actually paid — not an advertised offer, not a first-month discount. No links of any kind are permitted, which removes the entire incentive to post anything other than what happened.
The result is that the spread between pharmacies in a given month is visible, and it is consistently larger than people expect. That single table has saved members here more money than every other thread on the board combined, and it survives only because the no-links rule is enforced without exception.
A private prescription is an independent route: it does not affect NHS list position, and it is not a step in the same pathway.
the ICB decides the threshold and they are not the same across England
keep every letter, the dates matter later
Yes — the consultation that asks nothing tells you what kind of service it is.
Added a nation tag — the answers to this question differ across the four.