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c/glp1uk·posted 7 months ago by u/milan_wikstrom

how much of what we believe about NHS actually comes from pharmacy threads

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how much of what we believe about NHS actually comes from pharmacy threads, and I want the answer with the reasoning attached rather than just the conclusion.

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.

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.

A private prescription is an independent route: it does not affect NHS list position, and it is not a step in the same pathway.

I will update this if the picture changes rather than quietly leaving it up.

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u/elise_ramos-21 points·7 months ago

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.

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u/slow_logbook1 point·7 months ago

the MHRA supply notices are published, read them before the panic threads

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u/viktor_kirchner64 points·7 months ago

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.

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u/nhs_waitlist_nMOD43 points·7 months ago

Referral link removed and the post left up. No links of any kind here, and that rule is not negotiable.

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u/milan_wikstromOP32 points·7 months ago

Referral link removed and the post left up.

Disagreeing with this line: that is the arrangement in one nation and the question is about another.

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u/milan_wikstromOP24 points·7 months ago

Is this a discharge back to the GP, or a discontinuation?

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