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Letter from my GP re GLP1s

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TheActualQueen · 16/02/2026 18:04

I have been on WLIs since October.
I received a letter from my GP today thanking me for letting them know I’m taking WLIs… (the provider asks permission to tell them) so, 5 months later, telling me that:

“Currently, we are unable to offer NHS support or resources for GLP-1 medications prescribed privately to patients who do not meet the NHS prescribing criteria”

What the hell is the point in my telling them I’m on these meds and what is the point in this letter?!

I’m saving the NHS 100’s of pounds paying for my own meds and now I’m no longer “obese” I’m probably saving them money down the line as I age.

Anyone else had similar?

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Ihateandilove · 17/02/2026 22:15

The injections can affect absorption of contraceptive pill/HRT also so should the GP be responsible for informing patients to increase doses/use barrier protection at each dose increase or should this be checked by the private prescriber? If the patient gets endometrial cancer as a result of their progesterone not being fully absorbed because of these injections; who will be blamed?

as with all weight loss fads, the results come first, the complications come in 10-20years time

SilenceInside · 17/02/2026 22:21

@Ihateandilove the prescribers already inform patients of the need to consider contraception and to be aware that additional barrier methods need to be used.

It’s a new perspective for me that there’s going to be an increase in endometrial cancer in 10 to 20 years time as a result of women using WLI.

NiceCupOfChai · 17/02/2026 22:23

islingtontrial · 17/02/2026 11:36

I have had a similar thing recently. I was taken very ill and had to go to hospital. I was prescribed new medication when I was discharged so I let my new provider know I was on them. My provider asked me what the doctor had said about taking weight loss injections with the new meds and as I didn't know I enquired at the GP surgery. I had quite a nasty call from the pharmacist who works there telling me that they would have nothing to do with it as I was on a private prescription. He also informed that me that my provider hadn't informed them i was on the injections. Also, I needed to be paying privately to have my underactive thyroid checked as they wouldn't be doing any extra checks to see if my thyroid meds were correct. I'm on the injections because I have a medical condition!

The first bit sounds fair enough. The prescriber takes responsibility for prescribing safely and if they can’t do that in light of other
meds then they just shouldn’t be prescribing. It’s unprofessional to ask for your GP to ok it for them to prescribe. And I suspect it is exactly this scenario the OP’s GP is trying to avoid.

The not wanting to monitor your thyroid bloods is odd and inappropriate.

notnorman · 17/02/2026 22:29

LaurieFairyCake · 17/02/2026 19:32

Just ignore it, they OBVIOUSLY have to treat you if there’s side effects

When I went to my GP (BMI of 21 now) he almost hugged me he was that delighted and I’d NEVER met him before. He was so happy that literally all my conditions had gone.

I was there to check they’d all gone as they’d been hassling me for about a year about being pre-diabetic.

My cardiologist was really happy I had lost 3 stones on them !

Original poster
TheActualQueen · 17/02/2026 22:54

Sidge · 17/02/2026 22:04

They’re not saying they won’t treat you, they’re saying they cannot assist you in eg taking over the prescribing of it, weighing you, offering psychological weight loss support, providing needles and sharps bins etc.

I work in a GP surgery. We have HUNDREDS of people now using Mounjaro (and other GLP-1s) privately. Some seem to think that now the prescriber has “involved” is the care has devolved to us. This is not the case. The responsibility lies with the prescriber, and with you.

You wouldn’t believe the stuff people source or take privately then expect us to take over, such as monitoring bloods, observations such as weight, blood pressure etc, switching their prescriptions from private to NHS.

Your GP practice is just making it clear that they won’t be doing that. No need to be snarky about them. Proactive admin like that can save a lot of time, phone calls, emails and appointments.

But it’s really not very clear what exactly they mean!

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Original poster
TheActualQueen · 17/02/2026 23:00

You have to have a BMI of over 30 to be prescribed. This is obese.
I’m aiming to get to the middle of a healthy bmi - as stated by the nhs.
I’m 50 now and want to age more healthily.
I have been eating clean, not drinking and lifting weights to preserve muscle.
I have lost 30lbs. I have 11 to go. I’m planning to maintain my new habits off the drugs. I couldn’t have done it without them.
I look and feel 100 times better.
I’ve never had an eating disorder.
I am saving the NHS money.
So those of you getting your nickers in a twist can jog on with your ill informed judgement. Thanks 👍

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Sidge · 18/02/2026 05:57

I think it’s pretty clear. 🤷🏼‍♀️

And I haven’t seen any judgment on this thread, especially as most people responding are on WLI. The only person getting their knickers in a twist is you.

Read the letter. Put it in the recycling bin. Move on.

HappyWineDay · 18/02/2026 08:08

TheActualQueen · 17/02/2026 16:49

Thanks for your reply.
That was really not apparent from their letter.
I haven’t asked them for anything.
I had no choice but to provide their details when getting my online prescription.
I don’t often visit the GP to be honest!

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I agree that it wasn't clear from the letter that they were referring to wraparound services, and could have been worded better 👍

MoiraPlunkett · 18/02/2026 08:30

Currently, we are unable to offer NHS support or resources for GLP-1 medications prescribed privately

It seems clear to me that they are saying they can't support the medications - they are not saying they can't support the patients. So they won't be advising on your dosage etc.

ElizabethsTailor · 18/02/2026 18:11

Sidge · 18/02/2026 05:57

I think it’s pretty clear. 🤷🏼‍♀️

And I haven’t seen any judgment on this thread, especially as most people responding are on WLI. The only person getting their knickers in a twist is you.

Read the letter. Put it in the recycling bin. Move on.

I think it is exactly comments like yours here that OP is referring to. Unnecessarily unpleasant. Maybe remove the twist from your own knickers?

Wtafmakeitstop · 18/02/2026 21:30

I’m reading that as them simply saying that you getting it prescribed privately doesn’t mean that they will prescribe it to you in future. I have previously been prescribed other medication privately that my GP has then been happy to take over prescribing, I think they are just saying that it doesn’t work with WLI

MissBattleaxe · 19/02/2026 11:28

Wtafmakeitstop · 18/02/2026 21:30

I’m reading that as them simply saying that you getting it prescribed privately doesn’t mean that they will prescribe it to you in future. I have previously been prescribed other medication privately that my GP has then been happy to take over prescribing, I think they are just saying that it doesn’t work with WLI

Exactly this. They're just managing expectations.

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