Weight Loss Clinic in Newhaven
Weight Loss Clinic in Newhaven
Mounjaro and Wegovy prescribed and reviewed on-site by an independent prescriber, up the A26 and along the A27 from Newhaven. Free consultation, monthly reviews, stop anytime.
Mounjaro and Wegovy, prescribed on-site by an independent prescriber.
Up the A26 and along the A27 from Newhaven, Coldean Pharmacy hosts Brighton Clinics' pharmacist-led weight-management clinic. The free consultation, prescribing and every monthly review are carried out in person, not by post.
Newhaven patients tend to want things straight, and this is a straight service: an honest eligibility check, medication dispensed on the spot, and a short monthly review, with no subscription or contract in the small print.
Call 01273 605657 or use the online booking page, most patients are seen within the week.
Is there a weight loss clinic near Newhaven?
Yes, and unlike a website shipping pens automatically, an on-site independent prescriber handles the free consultation and every monthly review here in person. Brighton Clinics' pharmacist-led weight loss clinic is based at Coldean Pharmacy, 16 Beatty Avenue, Coldean, Brighton BN1 9ED, reached from Newhaven up the A26 through the Ouse valley and along the A27, about ten miles and 26 minutes away. Call 01273 605657 or book online.
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.
Does the medicine work around shift patterns and odd hours?
Straight answer: these are weekly self-injections that copy hormones the gut already releases after food, so they work with your biology rather than against your rota. One class acts on a single hormone receptor, GLP-1; the other acts on two, GLP-1 and GIP. Both slow digestion and turn down appetite, which matters most for anyone eating at odd hours around shifts, when hunger and tiredness are hardest to tell apart. Meals still need to be reasonable; treatment simply stops constant hunger deciding what you eat next.
Which treatment class actually gets prescribed most?
No spin needed, here's the straight version. Two classes of medicine are used, one working on a single hormone pathway, the other on two, and clinical trials of both have shown significant average weight loss for many people, though results vary considerably and a published average is never a personal promise. Which one you're actually prescribed depends on your history, how you tolerate the medicine and a proper clinical review, worked through at your free consultation. Both start on a low dose and increase gradually rather than jumping straight to full strength, and treatment isn't right for everyone.
Am I eligible near Newhaven?
Eligibility is a BMI of 30 or above, or 27.5 or above with a condition like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or sleep apnoea already in play, something we see often given how physically demanding port and industrial work can be over the years. The threshold drops further for South Asian, Chinese, other Asian, Middle Eastern, Black African and African-Caribbean backgrounds. None of this gets decided from a form, your BMI and history are checked properly, honestly and without pressure at the free consultation.
What side effects and safety points should I know?
Straightforward version: nausea, indigestion, constipation or diarrhoea are common for the first four to eight weeks, then usually settle. Gallbladder problems are less common, pancreatitis rarer still, both explained properly rather than glossed over. For anyone working shifts, where symptoms can be harder to separate from tiredness, the monthly in-person review matters, since a prescriber who can actually see you catches things that a text-message check-in from an online provider would miss.
Can the NHS prescribe this instead?
There is an NHS route, via Tier 3 weight-management referral, but it's rationed and the wait commonly runs to many months, awkward if shift patterns already make appointments hard to plan around. Ask your GP if you have the time to wait. If not, our service is private, with a monthly review and no subscription or contract locking you in, so you can stop the day you're satisfied with your progress.
Shift work, real life, and a plan that survives both
Plenty of Newhaven works shifts, the port, the industrial estates along the Ouse, the trades, and shift patterns are famously hard on eating habits: meals grabbed at odd hours, food eaten between jobs, sleep that never quite settles the hormones that control appetite. GLP-1 treatment helps precisely because it works on the appetite side regardless of your rota, and our monthly reviews flex around it too, ten to fifteen minutes, booked around your shifts or done as a walk-in, with the next month's supply handed over in person. Between the ferry terminal, the fort and the industrial units along the river, Newhaven doesn't have much private healthcare on its own doorstep, which is exactly why the twenty-six-minute run up the valley tends to get treated as routine rather than a hassle. Straight answers, no subscription, no contract, if you reach your goal, you simply stop coming.
How do I get to the clinic from Newhaven?
Take the A26 north out of town up the Ouse valley to the Beddingham roundabout, then join the A27 west past Lewes, Kingston and Falmer and come off at the Coldean and Moulsecoomb junction for Coldean Lane and Beatty Avenue, about ten miles and roughly twenty-six minutes. There's free patient parking on-site for the monthly reviews, a manageable trip even squeezed around a shift pattern. Brighton Clinics, Coldean Pharmacy, 16 Beatty Avenue, BN1 9ED.
Weight loss clinic near Newhaven
Peacehaven and Saltdean, back towards Brighton, and Seaford, further along the coast, each have a dedicated weight loss page of their own. Coldean Pharmacy runs Newhaven's own travel clinic and ear wax removal service alongside this one, and the weight loss hub lists the full catchment for reference.
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 26 mins from Newhaven, 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 Newhaven
North from Newhaven on the A26 up the Ouse valley to Beddingham, then the A27 west past Lewes and Falmer to the Coldean junction. 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 Newhaven patients.
That's exactly what the free consultation is for, whatever your GP record currently looks like, checked properly in person rather than assumed. NICE's threshold is a BMI of 30, or 27.5 with a condition like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or sleep apnoea, lower for some ethnic backgrounds.
Yes, appointments can be arranged around your rota, and walk-ins are welcome too. Whenever you come in, an independent prescriber reviews your BMI, medical history and current medicines properly before discussing anything further. It's free, unhurried, and nothing is decided until that review is finished.
Either semaglutide or tirzepatide, sold under the brand names Wegovy and Mounjaro respectively, one a single-pathway GLP-1 medicine, the other a dual GLP-1/GIP medicine. Both are prescription-only, and neither is handed out automatically, your prescriber confirms one is clinically appropriate for you after a consultation and assessment first.
Yes, since it works on your biology rather than your rota. These medicines copy hormones released after eating, one class through GLP-1, the other through GLP-1 and GIP, slowing digestion and turning down appetite regardless of when your meals actually happen.
Generally yes, with proper monitoring. The dose starts low and increases gradually, and monthly reviews, bookable around your rota, track how you're responding. It isn't automatically suitable for everyone, and we'll tell you plainly at the consultation if that's the case for you.
Tiredness can make early nausea feel more noticeable, but the underlying effects, nausea, indigestion, constipation or diarrhoea, usually settle within four to eight weeks regardless. Gallbladder problems are less common, pancreatitis rarer still. Starting low and increasing gradually helps manage this alongside a shift pattern.
Generally yes, since the medicine works on appetite rather than requiring a fixed meal schedule, though results vary and are never a promise. Clinical trials show significant average weight loss for many people, typically in the mid-teens to low twenties as a percentage of body weight by twelve to eighteen months.
You can ask your GP about an NHS Tier 3 referral, but access is tightly rationed and waits commonly run to many months, awkward to plan around shift patterns. No referral is needed to see us, you can self-refer directly, and our private service starts sooner, with no contract.
Yes, walk-ins are fine alongside booked slots. It's about ten to fifteen minutes: weight, side effects, dose adjustment if needed, and next month's supply, handed over in person rather than posted, with the same prescriber each time regardless of what shift you've just come off.
Generally yes, conditions like type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, common with long-term shift work, are exactly the kind NICE recognises for a lower eligibility threshold. Your prescriber still reviews your full history and current medicines properly before anything is recommended.
Appointments flex around a rota rather than requiring a fixed daytime slot, and once eligibility is confirmed at the consultation, prescribing and your first injection happen immediately rather than at a second visit, whatever hours you're currently working, night shifts included.
Up the A26 through the Ouse valley to the A27, then west past Lewes, about ten miles and twenty-six minutes. Free patient parking is available on-site at Coldean Pharmacy, 16 Beatty Avenue, BN1 9ED, a manageable trip even squeezed around a shift pattern.
Ring 01273 605657 or book online, appointments are usually available within the week. No referral needed, and if treatment isn't right for you, we'll say so plainly at the free consultation, whatever your shift pattern looks like when you call.
Yes, there's no subscription or contract locking you in, so stopping is entirely up to you, whatever changes for you or your shift pattern. Call 01273 605657 or see the booking page for current pricing, which depends on your dose and pack size.
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 an easy run up the A26 from Newhaven, 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.