{"id":10696,"date":"2015-08-04T12:24:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T12:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=10696"},"modified":"2015-10-14T09:40:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T09:40:38","slug":"can-i-get-prep-privately-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/10696","title":{"rendered":"Can I get PrEP privately in the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>Yes, most doctors would be able to prescribe PrEP as a private prescription.<\/p>\n<p>This might be expensive though and costs might vary a lot between doctors.<\/p>\n<p>Some UK clinics are now offering PrEP as a private service, including <a href=\"http:\/\/getprep.uk\">56 Dean Street<\/a>\u00a0in Soho, London. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/getprep.uk\/prep-clinic-prices\/\">prices\u00a0at Dean Street <\/a>have clearly been kept close to cost price, and have been lowered since the initial launch.<\/p>\n<p>The additional tests for PrEP are very important. These tests include HIV testing and monitoring for kidney function.<\/p>\n<p>The NHS is likely to benefit from experience at the private clinic when this does become a free option based purely on risk and need.<\/p>\n<p>See also these earlier questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/10695\">Can I check PrEP from the Internet is genuine?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/10528\">How do I safely use PreP if I buy it online?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I get PrEP privately in the UK?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-prep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}