How to get Wegovy: the legal UK route, step by step

You've decided to look into Wegovy, here's where most people get stuck

You search, you read, you end up on a page that either talks over your head or tries to rush you into clicking. That's frustrating, and it's worth slowing down for a moment, because the medicine involved is a prescription-only treatment and the way you access it genuinely matters for your safety.

In the UK, semaglutide (the active ingredient in Wegovy) cannot legally be sold without a prescription following a proper clinical assessment. That's not a technicality, it's there because this medicine affects how your body processes food, and there are real contraindications, interactions and monitoring considerations a prescriber needs to check first. Anybody offering it online without that step is operating outside the law, and the MHRA has warned repeatedly about counterfeit and illegally sold weight-loss pens, some seized from unlicensed sellers have contained insulin rather than semaglutide, causing serious harm. If you ever spot an online seller advertising Wegovy alongside a discount code or without any mention of clinical assessment, that's a red flag worth reporting.

The legitimate route in the UK is a consultation followed by a prescription from a regulated prescriber, dispensed by a pharmacy you can verify, and if you want a clear walkthrough of how to get Wegovy through that kind of regulated pathway, it's worth reading before you start. That is exactly what the process at nume is built around.

What actually happens during a legitimate Wegovy consultation

A compliant online provider will take you through a detailed health questionnaire, medical history, current medicines, BMI, lifestyle, any relevant conditions. At a registered service, a GPhC-registered Independent Prescriber then reads your answers personally before any decision is made. At nume, that review happens the same day.

The prescriber checks things like whether your BMI meets the licensed threshold (30 or above, or 27 and above with a relevant weight-related health condition), whether you have any contraindications, and whether this medicine is appropriate given your full picture. If you're transferring from another provider, you'll be asked for evidence of your current treatment and dose. If a dose increase is requested, clinical evidence is reviewed before it's approved. That level of scrutiny matters: it's what separates a genuine clinical service from a form that fires back an approval automatically.

You can read more about the full eligibility picture on our Wegovy prescription guide, which covers what the prescriber is looking for and how to prepare your consultation.

How to check any online pharmacy before you hand over your details

This takes under a minute and is worth doing with any provider, including us. The GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) maintains a public register of every registered pharmacy in the UK. Go to pharmacyregulation.org/registers, search by the pharmacy's name or registration number, and check the status reads as 'registered'. A legitimate pharmacy will have nothing to hide about this, and will usually tell you their registration number upfront. Ours is 9012878, verifiable directly at that register.

If a provider you're looking at doesn't appear on the register, or declines to give you a registration number, stop there. Unregistered sellers have no obligation to ensure genuine supply chains, no clinical oversight, and no accountability if something goes wrong. This is one of the simplest safety checks available to any patient in the UK, and it's underused.

The NHS England guidance on weight management injections also sets out what a safe and clinically appropriate pathway looks like, useful context if you want to understand what wraparound support should include.

What happens once your consultation is approved at nume

If your prescriber approves your prescription, the pharmacy processes and dispatches your treatment the same day, provided your order arrived before noon. DPD delivers it the following working day, tracked to your address, in packaging that doesn't advertise what's inside.

Everything is included in the price: the consultation, the prescription, the medicine, the delivery. There's no subscription, no automatic renewal, and no surprise charge at checkout. Every repeat order goes back through clinical review before anything is sent, not because it's legally required at that point, but because it's the right thing to do. Our clinical team takes that seriously.

If you have questions before starting or during treatment, aftercare is available seven days a week. And if you've been thinking about whether an overview of how Wegovy works would help you feel more prepared before submitting a consultation, that's a reasonable starting point. Those who prefer to manage things digitally may also find our guide on how to get Wegovy online a helpful read before deciding which route suits them. For those exploring all available weight-loss treatment options, comparing approaches before committing is sensible, and if semaglutide is on your shortlist, our page on how to get semaglutide covers the broader picture of what the process involves. When you're ready, check your eligibility and start your free consultation here. Finally, if you're already on treatment and thinking ahead, our guide on how to get off Wegovy explains what a responsible stopping plan looks like.