genuine question about private prescription that I am slightly embarrassed to ask
genuine question about private prescription that I am slightly embarrassed to ask. I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source.
Discharge from a specialist service at goal is a normal end point of that pathway. Whether prescribing continues in primary care afterwards is a local decision and is worth asking about at the start rather than at the end.
Pharmacy pricing on a private prescription is set by the pharmacy. The spread between them in a given month is routinely substantial, which is why a tracker built from member reports is more useful than any headline.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own arrangements. An answer that begins with "in England" should say so, and most of the confusion here comes from answers that do not.
I will update this if the picture changes rather than quietly leaving it up.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Discharge at goal, which nobody warns people about.
Specialist services in England are commissioned to deliver a defined intervention. Reaching goal is a successful outcome and it typically ends with discharge back to primary care. Whether prescribing continues after that is a local decision that varies, and plenty of members here have discovered it at the point of discharge rather than at the start.
The useful thing to do is ask early: what happens when I finish, and does prescribing continue in primary care in this area. Ask it in writing, keep the answer, and you will at least know which conversation you are heading for.
private prescription pricing moves monthly and the pharmacy is most of the spread
Discharge at goal, which nobody warns people about.
This is why national advice does not work here. It is commissioned locally and it varies.
That is the first-month offer price, not the ongoing monthly cost. The tracker records the second one.
Correction: that threshold is your ICB’s, not a national one. They differ and they change by year.
That is Scotland’s arrangement and the post is asking about England.
How long have you been on the list, and from what date?
tier 3 waiting lists are measured in years, not months
private and NHS pathways are not a ladder, they are separate routes
In England, specialist weight management services are commissioned locally, so eligibility criteria and waiting times differ by ICB. There is no single national threshold to quote.
Pharmacy staff name removed. The pharmacy itself can be named in a pricing post.
Small fix — that is the Scottish pathway. The post is asking about England and the answer is different.
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