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c/glp1uk·submitted 5 months ago by u/mikkel_correia

the private prescription thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down

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the private prescription thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down. It is the sort of thing everyone half-believes and nobody writes down. A private prescription is an independent route: it does not affect NHS list position, and it is not a step in the same pathway. Supply notices from the regulator…

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u/osman_eriksen-10 points·5 months ago

Yes — the consultation that asks nothing tells you what kind of service it is.

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u/vitamin_d_void1 point·5 months ago

Concentrations can differ between products and between pharmacies. Switching mid-titration means redoing the arithmetic rather than carrying the old unit count across.

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u/controversial_only1 point·5 months ago

the price difference between pharmacies this month is genuinely large

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u/slow_logbook_notes1 point·5 months ago

the price difference between pharmacies this month is genuinely large

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

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u/ilias_nakamura0 points·5 months ago

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

This is why national advice does not work here. It is commissioned locally and it varies.

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u/halima_boateng1 point·5 months ago

Small fix — that is the Scottish pathway. The post is asking about England and the answer is different.

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u/mei_cardoso1 point·5 months ago

I would not read a supply notice as a shortage in your pharmacy tomorrow. They are not the same thing.

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u/ferran_krastev1 point·5 months ago

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

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u/milos_mensa1 point·5 months ago

Small fix — that is the Scottish pathway.

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

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u/ahmed_okafor1 point·5 months ago

private and NHS pathways are not a ladder, they are separate routes

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