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READ BEFORE POSTING - Please do not seek or offer medical advice
Hello! Given the topic of this board, the Forum Team want to make sure that posts are useful but remain in line with the Forum rules, which state: "However well-intentioned, avoid seeking and/or offering medical advice, as it could result in unwanted consequences for all concerned." Aside from the fact that such content…
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New to the Health & beauty MoneySaving board? Start here
💅 Here's some relevant content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Beauty Downshift Challenge * Cheap Glasses Deals * Cheap Make-up & Beauty Deals * Cheap Perfume * Beauty Pie – can you ditch the high-end products for cut-price alternatives? * 10 Extreme Beauty MoneySavers, eg, make lip balm from kitchen oils * How to Bag a FREE…
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Private healthcare when exceeding insurance limit
I have private medical insurance through my work which has a £2000 limit for consultations and tests. My consultant has been very thorough about tests, which means that I am nearly at the £2000 limit already. I'm expecting I will need more appointments and tests before the plan year renews on 1 August. I haven't ever gone…
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Healthcare cashplans 2009 discussion
This thread is specifically to discuss the content of Healthcare Cashplans To discuss or ask a question about this article: click 'post reply'
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Lose weight with Slimming World in 2025, You know you want to.
Time for a new Slimming World thread as we go into 2025. Feel free to join in. We are all at different stages of our journey & some are awesome target members. We are a lovely supportive wee group. Some go to group & some go it alone. As we move into new year feel free to pop in to our lovely thread. All welcome.
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Money saving in perimenopause and menopause
Are you in perimenopause or menopause and have a money saving tip or trick to share? Maybe you have a favourite beauty product, item of clothing or way to keep symptoms under control. Or is there a hack you've mastered to keep the symptoms at bay like a certain way of exercising? I'm Jenny at MSE and writing a guide on…
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Frump to Fab - 2025
Happy New Year 🥂🍾 Welcome to the new bright and shiny all singing all dancing new thread. Are you ready to transform yourself this year. To get fit, healthy and gorgeous. To ditch the frump and to get FAB-U-LOUS. To emerge from the chrysalis into a beautiful butterfly. Are you fed up with being a downtrodden workhorse, are…
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La Dolce Vita - 2025
Happy New Year to One and All. Wishing you all health, wealth and happiness. 🥂🍾 Welcome to the new thread. Where I catalogue my attempts to live "The Sweet Life" on the tiniest of budgets. My aim is to live a life of ease, plenty and abundance whilst deliberately living below my means to avoid debt. So far so good. I am…
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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries December 2025
If your beauty and toiletries are taking over your life, then this is the thread to help you work through the stash and motivate you to not buy anymore (hopefully!) Welcome all newbies and regulars to this very friendly and chatty thread where we give lots of lovely tips on how to use up your stash and lots of support and…
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Medisafe app no longer free from January 1st 2026
I've been using the Medisafe app for several years to keep track of my medication and supplements. I've found it very useful to prevent me forgetting, overdosing or totally forgetting a med name during a medical appointment. From January 1st 2026 users will have to pay a subscription fee or lose access. It's a fairly small…
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Beauty Advent Calendars 2025
Hi all, MSE Olivia here. Are you considering buying a beauty Advent calendar this year? If so, would you buy it for yourself as a December treat, or would you split it up for presents? If you've bought a beauty calendar in the past, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! I've shared my analysis on the real value of 10…
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How to find a good GP?
I spent most of my life living close to my parents so was still being seen by our 'family' doctor who was a bloody nice chap and always gave me excellent care. Since I've moved away from the area and now signed up with the local GP practice, I was assigned a GP at random and I am absolutely dumbfounded how appaling it is.…
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Help with Sleep!
Hi I went to America for two weeks. I returned nine days ago. Since returning I cannot sleep! I am wide awake until 3/4am and nothing I have tried is working. I’m a walking zombie! I’d rather not go down the medicine route but I’m at my wits end… I experimented with a few glasses of wine, which helped one night, however…
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Help request re NHS referral 45 weeks waiting list
Hello. A friend had an incidental finding during a lung scan. Thankfully, it does not appear to be serious but the hospital wrote to GP GP made a referral in late Oct 2025 to the Cardiology Dept. The mate chased up the referral on Friday. He was advised that there was a 45 week waiting list. What is the best way forward as…
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NHS Prescription
I suffered a severe stroke 3 years ago and have been prescribed 7 tablets for blood pressure, heart and anxiety. I paid for a 12 month prescription pass for 2 years. I went to order my meds yesterday and the site was trying to charge me. I now realise my payment certificate ran out in August 2024. I must have forgot to…
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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries November 2025
If your beauty and toiletries are taking over your life, then this is the thread to help you work through the stash and motivate you to not buy anymore (hopefully!) Welcome all newbies and regulars to this very friendly and chatty thread where we give lots of lovely tips on how to use up your stash and lots of support and…
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Dental
I’m going to try and keep this as concise as possible. I was with the same dentist for over 20 years. Attended check ups twice yearly and hygeine visits etc (this is a private dentist). I had a filling in a molar a few years ago that gave me pain and sensitivity for a few months and was told to let it settle, it did and…
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Band C NHS dentist charge for extractions & temporary plate
A friend with two loose front teeth recently had to go to
her NHS dentist in a hurry, when she realised they were coming away. The dentist then extracted them and fitted some
kind of temporary or at least of-the-shelf plate, to fill the gap now
left. They charged her the highest Band
3, £326.70, which they demanded full…
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NHS urgent referral. Will the GP change it to another hospital?
As the title states. I live in England The GP made a referral, an urgent referral on Monday and the appointment is on Friday. I've rang around and a hospital which is also covered by my GP practice is seeing new, urgent referrals within 2 days if they assess it so. (The original hospital would have seen my loved one on…
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Optical prescription help
This isn't exactly moneysaving by itself, but I know we have a couple of knowledgeable optical people here. Would anybody please be able to tell what the bit I've circled says and means please? Hopefully it's big enough to read without being absolutely huge. (And the BVD, is that "BVD - 5mm" or "BVD -5mm"?) Thank you
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Cost of eye tests ?
Just checking what people pay ? I've been quoted £120 for both an eye and contact lens test
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NHS medical exemption card held - claim back possible by nhs?
Hi, I'm probably sweating the small stuff but wondering if anyone knows about the nhs medical exemption card? I fear I'm in breach of rules. I've held one for years, never been in trouble before but recently found myself swimming in lower limb wraps, I thought you could only get 2 per every 6 months on prescription. I've…
