How much is a B12 injection? Price, what is included and NHS or private

TL;DR

• A B12 injection at Revitalise Clinic in Halifax costs £30 for a 15 minute appointment.
• The price covers the health questions and the injection. Injections are paid in full when you book.
• B12 for injection is a prescription-only medicine in the UK, so its suitability is checked by a registered pharmacist before anything is given.
• On the NHS, B12 injections come through your GP when there is a diagnosed need.
• The clinic does not diagnose or run blood tests. Your GP is the place to start if you think your B12 level may be low.

How much is a B12 injection? At Revitalise Clinic, 4 Hopwood Lane, Halifax, it is £30 for a 15 minute appointment.

This guide sets out what the £30 covers, how booking and payment work, and how the NHS route through your GP is different. You can see the full list of vitamin injections the clinic offers, with what happens at each one. This is general information about the appointment. It is not advice about your own health.

How much is a B12 injection at Revitalise Clinic?

A B12 injection at Revitalise Clinic costs £30 for a 15 minute appointment. The price is per appointment. There are no course or package prices.

The clinic publishes every price before you book. The vitamin injection prices page lists the B12 price alongside the other injections, so you can compare them in one place.

What does the £30 include?

The £30 covers the health questions and the injection. Both happen in the same 15 minute appointment, and neither is charged separately.

The health questions come first. Your practitioner asks about your health, any medicines you take and why you are interested in a B12 injection. Those answers help decide whether an injection is suitable for you that day. After the injection, your practitioner talks you through what to look out for at the injection site.

How does booking and payment work?

You book a time in the online diary, and injections are paid in full when you book. You do not need a separate consultation first, because every appointment starts with health questions.

If your plans change, you can cancel or move the appointment with at least 24 hours’ notice for a full refund. You can read the details in the terms and conditions. If you would like to talk it through before you book, a free 30 minute consultation is in the online diary, with no obligation to book anything.

What happens at a B12 injection appointment?

A B12 injection appointment takes about 15 minutes, and the injection itself takes a few seconds. Here is the order it follows:

1. You arrive and your practitioner asks about your health, your medicines and any allergies.
2. Whether an injection is suitable today is decided with you. If it is not, you are told why and no injection is given.
3. You sit down and roll up your sleeve. The skin on your upper arm is cleaned.
4. The injection goes into the muscle of the upper arm. It is not a drip. You feel a quick scratch and some pressure for a few seconds, and some people notice a little soreness afterwards.
5. Your practitioner notes what was given and tells you what to look out for at the injection site.

Wear a top with sleeves that roll up past the elbow. If you have recent blood results, bring them along. How often someone has an injection depends on the injection and on you, so there is no single answer. It is decided at the appointment.

Who checks that a B12 injection is suitable?

A registered pharmacist checks suitability before anything is given. B12 for injection is a prescription-only medicine in the UK, so its suitability is checked by a registered pharmacist before anything is given. That is why the appointment starts with questions rather than with the injection.

Revitalise Clinic is pharmacist-led. Adil Mahmood, who founded the clinic in 2016, is a pharmacist (GPhC 2076427). The clinic team gives treatments under the clinical oversight of Mohammad Subhan Anwar Khan, a pharmacist independent prescriber (GPhC 2078837). You can read more about the clinic, and you can check both pharmacists on the public GPhC register.

You are always welcome to ask who will treat you before you book or when you arrive. Treatments are for adults 18 and over.

How much does a B12 injection cost on the NHS?

On the NHS, B12 injections come through your GP, and what you pay depends on how they are supplied. They follow a diagnosis, not a booking you make yourself.

The NHS says a diagnosis can often be made by a GP from your symptoms and blood tests. It also says deficiency anaemia is usually treated with injections at first, then either tablets or regular injections, depending on whether the cause is linked to diet. Injections are given by a GP or nurse, so NHS treatment is arranged and followed up by your own surgery.

Whether you pay anything depends on how the injection is supplied and on whether you are exempt. The NHS Business Services Authority explains who pays prescription charges in England. Your GP surgery can tell you what applies to you. This clinic does not provide NHS treatment, and it works alongside your GP and the NHS, not instead of them.

Should you see your GP first?

Yes, if you think your B12 level may be low, your GP is the place to start. The clinic does not diagnose, and it does not run blood tests.

The NICE guideline on B12 deficiency covers how it is recognised, diagnosed and managed in people aged 16 and over. Its patient information says the symptoms of deficiency are common in other conditions too. That is why a blood test is often used alongside a look at your symptoms, and why a GP is the right person to sort out the cause.

Diet is part of the picture too. The NHS says adults aged 19 to 64 need about 1.5 micrograms of B12 a day. It also says that if you eat meat, fish or dairy foods you should be able to get enough from your diet, while vegans may not get enough because B12 is not found naturally in foods such as fruit, vegetables and grains.

What do the other vitamin injections cost?

The other injections are priced per appointment too, and each takes about 15 minutes. B-complex and biotin are £30 each, vitamin D is £50, and glutathione is £45 for 600mg or £60 for 1200mg, which is given slowly into a vein.

The full price list shows every treatment the clinic offers, and the vitamin injection prices page has the injections together. The clinic does not claim what any injection will do for your body, and the team will not either. The answers to common questions about booking, parking and consultations are on the FAQ page.

How do you book a B12 injection?

You can book a B12 injection online, and the appointment takes about 15 minutes. Book online from the vitamin injections page, which has the booking button for each injection.

If you would like to talk it through first, a free 30 minute consultation is in the online diary, with no obligation to book anything. Questions before you book? Call the clinic on 01422 525503. Your GP is the place to start for a diagnosis. If you then want to know what an appointment here involves, every step and price is on the vitamin injections page.