reading tier 3 threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly
reading tier 3 threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments. Four pharmacies, four prices, same product, same month. The spread was larger than I expected and none of them were the headline offer. Two years and four months on a tier 3 list.…
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.
no referral links, ever, and that rule is why the pricing threads work
an online consultation that asks you nothing is not a consultation
Correction: that threshold is your ICB’s, not a national one. They differ and they change by year.
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.
Did the consultation ask about history and medication?
an online consultation that asks you nothing is not a consultation
Adding the practical bit — ask what happens at discharge before you start, not after.
Added a nation tag — the answers to this question differ across the four.
NHS pathway or private prescription?