Weight Loss Clinic in Hove
Weight Loss Clinic in Hove
Mounjaro and Wegovy prescribed and reviewed on-site by an independent prescriber, a short drive from Hove. Free consultation, monthly reviews, stop anytime.
Mounjaro and Wegovy, prescribed on-site by an independent prescriber.
Five miles north of Hove, off the A27, Coldean Pharmacy runs Brighton Clinics' pharmacist-led weight-management service. Nothing here is remote: the free consultation, the prescription and the monthly follow-up all happen with one named independent prescriber.
Hove is full of professionals and families managing genuinely packed diaries, and it's usually follow-through rather than motivation that derails weight loss here. GLP-1 based treatment quietens the appetite signals that make consistency so hard, and our monthly face-to-face review is what keeps people on track.
Ring 01273 605657, most Hove patients get a free consultation within the week.
Is there a weight loss clinic near Hove?
Coldean Pharmacy, about 5 miles and 15 minutes north of Hove via Sackville Road and the A27, is where Brighton Clinics runs its pharmacist-led weight loss clinic. There's no online form deciding your dose here, an independent prescriber handles the free consultation, the prescription and every monthly follow-up in person. Ring 01273 605657 or book online for a consultation.
This page is written and clinically reviewed by the pharmacist team behind Brighton Clinics' weight-management service, led by Superintendent Pharmacist Brijesh Thaker (GPhC 2079034) with Kathryn Harries (GPhC 2057551), following NICE guidance on obesity, NHS guidance on obesity and NHS healthy weight guidance. Brighton Clinics is a GPhC-registered pharmacy, number 9010023. Treatment is not suitable for everyone, eligibility is confirmed only after a consultation and clinical assessment.
How does GLP-1 treatment actually work?
The medicines used at our clinic are weekly injections that act on the same gut hormone pathways your body switches on naturally after a meal. Some work on a single hormone signal, GLP-1; others combine two, GLP-1 and GIP. The practical result is a slower stomach, a quieter appetite and far less of the constant food noise that makes an already packed Hove diary even harder to manage around meals. Treatment works with sensible eating, not instead of it, and the effect builds gradually as the dose increases under your prescriber's supervision.
How does the prescriber decide what to prescribe?
The honest answer is that it's a clinical decision, not a menu choice. Two classes of medicine are available, a single-hormone GLP-1 receptor agonist and a dual-hormone GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist, and published trial data shows both have produced significant average weight loss for many people, though individual results differ considerably and nothing is promised. Which one suits you depends on your medical history, how well you tolerate treatment and your prescriber's clinical judgement, all discussed properly at the consultation. Both start low and are escalated slowly, and treatment isn't appropriate for everyone.
Am I eligible near Hove?
The NICE cut-off is a BMI of 30, or 27.5 with a weight-related condition like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or sleep apnoea, and several ethnic backgrounds qualify at a lower threshold still, including South Asian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, Black African and African-Caribbean, reflecting where health risks start to climb. For busy Hove professionals who've never had time to sit down with a GP about it, the free consultation is exactly that sit-down: an honest BMI and eligibility check, done properly, before anything is prescribed.
What side effects should I actually expect?
Expect some nausea, indigestion, constipation or diarrhoea in the first month or two as your body adjusts, generally settling from there. Less common, but important, are gallbladder problems and, rarely, pancreatitis. Given how many Hove patients are juggling work and family on top of this, we would rather you heard the honest list upfront at the consultation than discovered it mid-course. Doses are increased gradually, and the monthly in-person review means side effects get picked up and managed early rather than left until the next automatic delivery.
NHS or private, which route is realistic?
It's true the NHS can prescribe this class of medicine through a Tier 3 weight-management service, but waiting lists are long, often many months, and referral criteria are strict. Ask your GP surgery about it if your schedule allows the wait. If you would rather not wait, our route is private but has no subscription or contract behind it, just a monthly review with the same prescriber, and you can stop whenever you choose.
Busy Hove lives, and why the monthly review is the point
Hove runs on professionals and families with genuinely packed diaries, from the agencies around Church Road to the school run along the seafront, and the thing that most often derails weight loss here is not motivation but follow-through: the online subscription that ships the next pen automatically, whether or not anyone has actually checked how you're getting on. We do the opposite. A proper monthly review looks at your weight, side effects and dose, adjusts if needed, and hands over the next month's supply in person, ten to fifteen minutes, in and out. For an area as generally health-aware as Hove, that ordinary bit of accountability, a short drive up the road once a month, is usually what makes the difference between starting well and actually finishing.
How do I get to the clinic from Hove?
From central Hove, head north on Sackville Road onto the A2038 to join the A27 eastbound, leaving at the Coldean and Moulsecoomb junction for Coldean Lane and Beatty Avenue, about fifteen minutes door to door. From the seafront or Church Road you can also cut through the city centre and up the Lewes Road (A270) instead. There's free patient parking on-site, which matters for an appointment you'll be keeping every month. Brighton Clinics, Coldean Pharmacy, 16 Beatty Avenue, BN1 9ED.
Weight loss clinic near Hove
Portslade sits just along the coast, Brighton to the east and Shoreham-by-Sea to the west, each with its own weight loss page if one of those fits your journey better. Hove is also covered by Coldean Pharmacy's travel vaccination and ear wax removal services, alongside the weight loss hub listing everywhere else we work.
What's included in your weight loss programme.
Free initial consultation, GLP-1 prescription on-site by an independent prescriber, monthly progress reviews. No subscription, no contract.
Free initial consultation
Pharmacist-led BMI check, medical history, goals and eligibility review. No charge, no pressure - only if it is right for you do we prescribe.
Mounjaro (tirzepatide)
Eli Lilly's GLP-1/GIP dual agonist. KwikPen format, prescribed in escalating doses from 2.5mg to 15mg weekly.
Wegovy (semaglutide)
Novo Nordisk's GLP-1 receptor agonist. Pre-filled pen, escalated from 0.25mg to 2.4mg weekly. An option where Mounjaro is not suitable.
Independent Prescriber on-site
Brijesh Thaker (GPhC reg. 2079034) and Ahsan Khair (GPhC 2232869) prescribe, dispense and review your treatment in one place. No external prescriber middleman.
Monthly progress reviews
Weight, side effects, dose adjustments and your next month's medication. 10 to 15 minutes, booked or walk-in.
Stop anytime
No subscriptions, no auto-billing, no contract. Stop the moment you reach your goal, or anytime before.
How it works
Three steps from consultation to first injection.
Free initial consultation
Call 01273 605657 or walk in. We check your BMI, take a brief medical history, talk through your goals, and confirm GLP-1 treatment is right for you. About 20 minutes.
Prescription and first injection
If eligible, Brijesh prescribes your starting dose (usually Mounjaro 2.5mg or Wegovy 0.25mg weekly) at Brighton Clinics, 16 Beatty Avenue, Coldean BN1 9ED, about 15 mins from Hove, and walks you through self-injection. You leave with your first month's supply.
Monthly reviews and dose escalation
Come back monthly for a 10 to 15 minute check-in - weight, side effects, dose adjustment if appropriate, and next month's supply. Most patients see clear results within 12 to 16 weeks.
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Getting to 16 Beatty Avenue from Hove
From Hove, north on Sackville Road and the A2038 to the A27, then off at Coldean for Coldean Lane and Beatty Avenue. Free patient parking on-site.
Clinically reviewed by Brijesh Thaker, IP, GPhC 2079034
Superintendent Pharmacist at Brighton Clinics (Coldean Pharmacy) in Coldean, Brighton, and an independent prescriber. Responsible for clinical governance across the travel, ear wax microsuction and weight-management services.
Common questions from Hove patients.
Rather than guess from an online calculator, bring your actual numbers to the free consultation, where an independent prescriber checks properly before anything is decided. NICE recommends GLP-1 based treatment from a BMI of 30, or 27.5 with a condition like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or sleep apnoea, and lower again for some ethnic backgrounds.
A proper sit-down, not a rushed ten-minute slot: your BMI, your health history, the medicines you're already on, and an honest conversation about whether treatment is right for you. Only once all of that has been reviewed does an independent prescriber discuss what, if anything, might be suitable. It costs nothing and there's no pressure to proceed.
Nothing is decided before your assessment. Two prescription-only medicines are used here: semaglutide, a GLP-1 medicine sold as Wegovy, and tirzepatide, a dual GLP-1/GIP medicine sold as Mounjaro. Which, if either, is offered depends entirely on whether it's clinically appropriate for you after a proper consultation with an independent prescriber.
They mimic hormones released naturally by your gut after a meal, one type acting on a single receptor, GLP-1, the other on two, GLP-1 and GIP. The result is a slower stomach and a quieter appetite, which matters most when a packed Hove diary leaves little room for willpower alone.
Through the structure of the treatment itself: a low starting dose, gradual increases, and a proper monthly review with the same prescriber rather than a repeat prescription arriving automatically. That ongoing oversight is what most Hove patients tell us reassures them more than any single conversation could.
For most people they're manageable: mild nausea or digestive changes in the first four to eight weeks that settle down. Less often, gallbladder issues occur, and rarely, pancreatitis. Starting on a low dose and increasing gradually keeps things tolerable, and we explain it all honestly beforehand.
Everyone responds differently, and no result is promised. Clinical trials of these medicine classes have recorded significant average weight loss for many people, typically in the mid-teens to low twenties as a percentage of body weight over roughly a year to eighteen months, alongside diet and lifestyle changes, though individual results vary widely.
You don't need a GP referral here, self-referral is fine. NHS access is heavily rationed though, Tier 3 referrals commonly involve waits of many months. If your schedule allows it, ask your GP first, it's free. If not, our service starts sooner, with monthly reviews and no contract.
About ten to fifteen minutes: weight checked, side effects discussed, dose adjusted if needed, and next month's supply given out. Quick enough to fit around a working day, but thorough enough that nothing gets missed, and it's always the same prescriber reviewing your progress rather than a different face each visit.
Not automatically. Many patients on blood pressure medication are treated here, but your prescriber needs to review your full list properly first, since interactions and suitability vary by person. That honest review at the free consultation is what decides it, not a blanket rule either way.
That depends entirely on the free consultation confirming eligibility first. Once it has, there's no second visit required, prescribing and your first injection happen there and then, so Hove patients typically go from first phone call to first dose within about a week.
Yes, free patient parking on-site. From Hove it's about five miles and fifteen minutes via Sackville Road and the A27 to Coldean Pharmacy, 16 Beatty Avenue, BN1 9ED, or you can cut through the city centre via the Lewes Road instead.
Ring 01273 605657 or use the online booking page, we can usually offer a free consultation within a week. No GP referral is needed, and if treatment turns out not to be right for you, we'll tell you plainly, at no cost, rather than leaving you to guess.
No, there's no subscription and no contract behind any of it. You can stop whenever you decide to, with no penalty and nothing to cancel, and your prescriber talks through the timing if you're stopping partway through a dose increase. Call 01273 605657 or see the booking page for current pricing.
Information on this page is for general guidance. Suitability for GLP-1 weight loss treatment depends on BMI, medical history, and clinical assessment. A consultation determines whether treatment is appropriate.
Sources: Tirzepatide for managing overweight and obesity · Semaglutide for managing overweight and obesity · GLP-1 receptor agonists - prescribing and safety information · Mounjaro KwikPen Summary of Product Characteristics · Obesity overview and treatment options · Register entry - Brijesh Thaker (Reg. 2079034) · Register entry - Ahsan Khair (Reg. 2232869)
Book your free weight loss consultation.
A free weight loss consultation a short drive from Hove, with free parking on arrival. Mounjaro or Wegovy prescribed on-site by an independent prescriber, monthly reviews, no subscription and no contract. Call 01273 605657 to book.