genuine question about NHS that I am slightly embarrassed to ask
genuine question about NHS that I am slightly embarrassed to ask — that is what I am asking, and I have already read the wiki twice. The online consultation asked me three questions, none of them about my history. I did not go ahead. Read the MHRA notice rather than the news coverage and the actual scope was much…
The two routes, described separately, because mixing them is where most of the confusion here starts.
The NHS route in England runs through specialist weight management services commissioned by your ICB. Criteria, waiting times and what happens at discharge are all local decisions, which is why a confident answer from somebody in a different area may be wrong for you.
The private route is an independent transaction: a consultation, a prescription and a pharmacy price. It does not affect your position on any NHS list and it is not a shortcut through one. Both are legitimate; they are simply not the same pathway and they do not connect.
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Disagree. That is the pathway in one ICB and it does not generalise even to the next one over.
the price difference between pharmacies this month is genuinely large
private prescription pricing moves monthly and the pharmacy is most of the spread
specialist service, not GP, for tier 3 in most of England
specialist service, not GP, for tier 3 in most of England
Adding the practical bit — ask what happens at discharge before you start, not after.
The scheme cap in Ireland was the single most useful thing I learned in a year of reading this board.
private and NHS pathways are not a ladder, they are separate routes
Is this a discharge back to the GP, or a discontinuation?