Price of injections being slashed?

[Ladymuck2022]

Hi,

Someone brought a newspaper in (daily fail) yesterday.

Bit disturbing to read that under new plans people will be able to pick up the injections for a cost of the current nhs prescription charge.
isn’t that a smack in the face of everyone who has been squeezed to buy at much higher in the past and in turn create real stock issues once they are so obtainable for a tenner.

or is the daily fail absolutely barking?

I thought I had two male friends on it through nhs but it has come out whilst I’m in here they led me to believe wrongly. I don’t know what pocessed them.

I was doing more reading on the diabetes uk website if I am still a diabetic seems they recommend continuing weight loss but I can’t see how that works if I’m unable to stand on scales (due to learn to walk again) but in the interim can’t see how I’m going to get the opportunity to stand on scales. I know they do a sit on chair but I’ve only known this in clinical setup.

Its obviously working very well reducing the obesity problem

why shouldn’t it be more available?

I don't care. At the time (and right now) it's available at a price I'm willing to pay. And as a result I'm far healthier than I was back in December.
If they drop the price that can only be a good thing as I often see comments from people who really want the jab but can't stretch to affording it.

I don’t understand what you mean about your two male friends and “what possessed them.”

It’s not disturbing to read that the NHS wants to provide this effective medication more easily to people who need it. I’ve been paying for the injections for 10 months now and I am very happy that people who would like to but can’t because of the cost might be able to access this medication.

However, what has been reported is just a proposal, and I am dubious that it will happen any time soon, unfortunately.

Why say you are on injections when you are not. Sorry if you think it’s acceptable.

I am also not sure what the issue is? Obesity costs the NHS millions. My adult life has been miserable due to obesity and the continual roundabout of diets, loss, regain and the mental distress that caused.
I am fortunate in that I can afford WLI (just, it has come at a compromise to other outgoings) and started taking them 4 weeks ago.
I am happy to pay now, and improve my physical and mental wellbeing.
If they become cheaper - great! Many others can benefit. Perhaps I will benefit from this once in maintenance too :)

I think it’s great. I paid for mine, about eight months so let’s say £1200 give or take, and it’s the best money I’ve ever spent on myself, but it becoming more accessible and cheaper is only a good thing and I absolutely would not resent it at all. I would love to see it available on NHS to people who have a history of struggling with obesity. The price will naturally come down anyway as patents expire and new medications come to market, that’s just the way it works. Early adopters pay the most.

Or did they say they are on injections via NHS but are actually paying privately?

There is still a stigma towards those taking the injections privately so perhaps they wanted to hide that?

I’m prescribed on the NHS and get completely free because I’m diabetic so have a prescription exemption card. I think reasonably priced access to these medications is wonderful.

So you want it to remain widely inaccessible to people who have had poor diet and fitness education from childhood, due to poverty and circumstances out of their control, just so you won't feel wronged? Give your head a wobble OP.

Er, their own private medical prescriptions do not have to be common knowledge…. why do you feel the need to know?

it’s perfectly acceptable

I've read both of your posts twice and I don't understand your objection. No, I don't consider it a 'slap in the face' to have accessed the drugs at a higher price point. I'm grateful for the privilege which allowed me to do so and I would love as many people as possible to access the same life-changing benefits if they need to.

Would you object to other medications that had previously been inaccessible now being affordable to the masses? Why on earth do you resent others being able to enjoy better health?

and why is your friends’ situation any of your business, let alone something to get riled about?

as to your own situation, why don’t you speak to your GP surgery and ask if you come in monthly to be weighed on sitting scales? You can continue with your weight loss while being monitored by a healthcare professional.

i hope you soon get your mobility back.

Personally I feel that around £30 a week to finally be steadily losing weight and getting healthier is a bargain. If someone had asked me to put a cost on that, I'd probably have said a much higher number.
However I know that's coming from a place of massive financial privilege and I'm pleased for everyone who can't afford that, and would equally benefit from the medication, that we seem to be a step closer to it being available on the NHS.

Demand and supply innit? The more the demand, the more is produced, the cheaper it becomes to do so.

I wasn’t expressing a view on that at all. I was merely remarking that I didn’t understand what your point was.

I actually can’t understand what you are trying to say in the last two paragraphs.

Re the price drop, if it were to happen that can only be a good thing.

Sorry but why on earth do you find it disturbing?

It’s an excellent thing if it becomes more financially available to people. Obesity is a huge problem that costs the NHS a lot of money, I can see why they want this to be more accessible for people.

Providing it is only being prescribed to people who meet the bmi/ medical condition requirements then that’s all that matters.

weight loss injections have changed my life and I wouldn’t begrudge anyone being able to access them more cheaply than I’ve been able to, unless you think that only people who can afford £150/200 per month should be able to loose weight?

what an odd attitude.

Op is clearly posting on order to start a bunfight over WLI.

I think it would be wonderful to help as many people as need it to get it. I think most everyone wants all humans to get the medication they need to help them get well, regardless of their income. I hope you get well too, OP. x

"Oh nooooo! Now the poooors will be skinny and I won't feel so speshul waaaahhh"

I was coming on to say this.

As it stands the price of this drug is going to massively widen health inequality. Those who need this the most will often be those who can't afford it so yeah fingers crossed it will be expanded and made more affordable.

I didn't read that story but heard another similar one on the topic. The idea of the proposal is to remove the pressure from the GP surgeries on the NHS rollout. So it would only be for those who hit the NHS criteria of a BMI of 35 and a health related condition rather then the MRHA criteria of BMI of 30 or 27 with a health related condition required for the private prescriptions.

Yeah I don’t want to gate keep MJ just because I was lucky enough to be able to afford it.

It won't be for years until it is widely available cheaply & I can't afford to physically & mentally wait that long so I don't care really.
I am not well off by any means. I am on an average salary but am fortunate to have low outgoings so can fit it into my budget.

Hopefully maintenance will be cheaper for us all.

Poorer people have high obesity levels so if we want change in the nhs and future health problems then that’s the main target market.