What does Wegovy cost per month in the UK, on the NHS and privately?

You've looked up the NHS route and hit a wall — here is why that happens

Imagine you meet the basic BMI criteria for Wegovy and ask your GP about it. The GP is sympathetic, but the referral lands in a queue at a specialist weight management service, and the NICE recommendation for semaglutide under TA875 ties NHS prescribing to those services, not to standard GP consultations. On top of that, TA875 requires a multidisciplinary programme and caps treatment at two years. Waiting times across England commonly run to months, sometimes longer.

If you do reach the front of that queue and qualify, you pay the standard prescription charge (currently £9.90 per item in England) or nothing if you hold an exemption certificate. The medicine itself is not an extra charge. The cost barrier on the NHS is time, not money.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland commission access differently, so criteria and waiting arrangements vary. The NHS England guidance on weight management injections sets out the English pathway clearly if you want to check the detail.

Private Wegovy pricing: what the headline figure usually leaves out

A question our prescribers hear most weeks is: "I've seen Wegovy for X pounds somewhere online, is that all I'll pay?" The short answer is: check the small print. Private market prices for Wegovy have moved considerably since Eli Lilly's list-price increase in September 2025 reshaped the whole GLP-1 sector. If you want a current picture before reading further, our page on how much Wegovy costs per month covers what people are actually paying across dose stages. Semaglutide pricing from private providers typically ranges from around £149 to over £300 per month, depending on the dose and the provider, figures that are widely reported but worth treating as a guide rather than a guarantee.

What those headline figures often exclude: an initial consultation fee, a prescription fee charged separately, delivery costs (sometimes per order), and ongoing clinical support or dose-review access. Add those up across a year and the real monthly cost can look quite different from the advertised pen price. For a deeper comparison of how private semaglutide costs stack up across different dose stages, the monthly semaglutide cost breakdown is worth reading alongside this page.

There is also the question of what happens when you need a dose increase, or when something unexpected comes up at 7pm on a Saturday. Some services charge for those contacts; others do not. That distinction matters when you are trying to work out the genuine monthly outlay, and our guide to Wegovy cost per month in the UK breaks down those variables provider by provider so you can compare on a like-for-like basis.

What an all-inclusive price actually buys you, and where nume sits

At nume, one price covers the consultation, the prescription, the medicine, and free next-working-day delivery by DPD in plain packaging. Aftercare is included seven days a week, and every repeat order goes through a fresh clinical assessment before it is dispatched. No subscription is added to your account; no auto-renewal charges your card quietly next month. You can explore what that looks like on the Wegovy treatment page or see the full treatment options if you are weighing Wegovy against other licensed medicines.

We are not the cheapest option on the market, and that is a deliberate choice. The saving a lower-cost listing appears to offer usually comes from somewhere, thinner clinical oversight, extra charges that surface later, or, in the worst cases, a supply chain that is not what it claims to be. The MHRA has been unambiguous about the risks of purchasing GLP-1 medicines from unverified sellers; you can report suspect sellers directly through the Yellow Card scheme. Legitimate private treatment means a pharmacy you can look up on the GPhC register, our registration number is 9012878 and the record is publicly verifiable.

Why the cheapest listing is the wrong question for a prescription medicine

Price comparison makes sense for most products. For a prescription-only medicine like Wegovy, the right test is whether the supply is genuine, the prescribing is clinically sound, and the support is there when you need it. Fake semaglutide pens have been seized in the UK in significant quantities, the MHRA raided an illicit manufacturing site in 2025 and has issued repeated public warnings about counterfeit weight-loss pens sold through social media. No verified GPhC pharmacy offers these medicines without a completed clinical assessment; if a seller is advertising Wegovy at prices that look implausibly low, that gap between their number and the market is the first thing worth questioning.

The honest framing: if you do not currently qualify for NHS treatment and want to start privately, the monthly cost is real and worth planning for. What you are paying for is not just the pen, it is clinical judgement, a regulated supply chain, and a prescriber who actually knows your case. For a fuller look at how private Wegovy pricing compares across doses and over time, the guide to how much Wegovy costs per month covers the numbers in more detail, and the Wegovy price per month page breaks down what changes as your dose increases.

If you are ready to find out whether Wegovy is clinically suitable for you, start your free consultation and a GPhC-registered prescriber will review your case the same day.