Has anyone been prescribed on the nhs?

[Legoandloldolls]

My BMI is over 37, I have sleep apnea and high blood pressure. Is it worth asking the GP for injections on prescription?

You will likely be referred into local weightloss services as that is the pathway to WLIs. Talk to your GP about that.

Your GP can only forward you on to the hospital to attend there weight loss clinic . When I asked my gp they said it wasn't offered in my area .

From what I have heard, you are very unlikely to get it GP prescribed. As Vesper has said you might need them to refer you to the weight loss service where you will have to follow an 18 month process of weight loss advice, before you might get it prescribed.

I have already done a weight loss program on the nhs. Just a online zoom class which I found hard to get into as it wasn't in person.

Have you tried doing an internet search for your local NHS authority and "weight management"? You should be able to find details of what's on offer in your area. But it won't be injections. There will probably be three tiers of programme, the first being to download a free app and follow the health and fitness guide. The second tier approach might be something a bit more interactive, involving coaching, or groups. The third tier would be the one where you might get access to weight loss injections, but I think that very few areas are prescribing those and instead would put you on the wait list for bariatric surgery if you qualified for it.

In my area you need a referral to the specialist weight management services, this is the criteria:

In summary:
Patients must have a BMI of 40 or over (or 35 or over if co-morbidities)
Patients much have engaged with community weight services over a 2 year period (please provides dates they attended as evidence) and attended a Tier 2 Weight management service unless BMI is 50 or greater*
(Please see full policy for further information and exclusions).
*Patients with BMI of 50 or over can be referred directly without evidence of compliance with Tier 2 Weight Management.

However they are closed to new referrals currently and not expected to reopen the list for a couple of years when I last heard though I guess the announcement last month about it being WLI being rolled out over the next 12 years may change that.

I asked, I have higher than I'd like BMI, high BP and moderate OSA and more but because of he amount of people buying private the NHS are limited as the what they can offer with many trusts requiring GPs to refer to diabetic nurses/specialists.
My GP was looking at them before I even really knew what they were and made some enquires but came back and said if I wanted them through a GP I would have to go private were I would be much more likely to get them. She recommended Orlistat and Slimming World.

My BMI was 38 when I started. My GP said I would only be eligible if I were diabetic.

Buying the jabs privately won't exclude you from getting them on the NHS because it goes on your referral weight, not on your current weight. If you get it on the NHS you have to engage with a programme with regular check ins and that's too stressful with my job. By the time you jump through all the hoops you could be at goal if you go privately.

Also don't underestimate how much you'll save in shopping. I was buying food in the work canteen every day and even stopping that has paid for mj. The cheapest pharmacy is simple online pharmacy because they price match to discount codes and to medicine marketplace pre postage. You can get the highest dose for £135 + £4 postage. That's the same as I was spending on petrol a month.

@SummerVibing it’s not true that the NHS can’t get supplies because too many people are getting it privately. The NHS has made an operational decision that GPs aren’t going to prescribe it for weight loss. It’s nothing to do with any supposed supply issues.

My BP was 40 with high BP. My gp also said currently it’s only available through the weight management service which has 2.5 year weight list. She said I’d be expected to engage with other services first and referred me to Weight Watchers or Second Nature for 12 weeks first. Even though I’ve had numerous previous referrals to similar schemes.

Because of my age I decided I couldn’t afford to wait so went private.