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c/glp1uk·submitted 9 months ago by u/sock_puppet_spotter

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

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how much of what we believe about MHRA actually comes from pharmacy threads. If this has been answered properly somewhere, link me and I will delete. 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…

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u/jarno_karlsen35 points·9 months ago

Same. My ICB threshold was different from the neighbouring one and nobody could tell me why.

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u/chidi_abubakar-37 points·9 months ago

tier 3 waiting lists are measured in years, not months

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u/coring_the_stopper1 point·9 months ago

GP said no and specialist said yes is a very common sequence

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u/milan_wikstrom1 point·9 months ago

Yes — four nations, four pathways, and threads that ignore that give people the wrong answer confidently.

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u/ipamorelin_i1 point·9 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/camila_sandvik0 points·9 months ago

tier 3 waiting lists are measured in years, not months

chidi_abubakar is right that the two routes are separate. A private prescription does not move you up the list.

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u/ipamorelin_i1 point·9 months ago

Right, and reading the actual supply notice rather than the coverage of it saves a fortnight of speculation.

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u/emil_marchand1 point·9 months ago

Disagree. That is the pathway in one ICB and it does not generalise even to the next one over.

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