Two regulated UK online providers, compared on the things you can check: registrations, customer scores and what each plan price includes. We compare the services only — never the medicines.
Both services hold GPhC pharmacy registrations you can check on the official register. MedExpress includes the clinician consultation in its plan price and also holds CQC registration; Cloud Pharmacy does not include the consultation in its plan price, and carries the higher Trustpilot score of the two. The table below shows exactly where they differ.
When to choose neither: if you want a provider we hold more verified detail for, or a different mix of inclusions, the full weight-loss comparison lists other regulated providers.
Service facts only, drawn from our checked dataset. Rows in bolder type are where the two providers differ. Anything we could not verify is marked, never guessed.
Every service has both. These are drawn from the checked facts above, not from either provider's marketing.
Split by what you need from the service, not by any treatment.
you want the consultation and follow-up folded into one plan price, and both a GPhC and a CQC registration you can check before you start.
a higher verified customer score matters most to you, and you are happy to arrange the consultation as a separate step.
you want a different mix of inclusions or more verified detail than we hold for these two. The full weight-loss list has more regulated providers.
Short, factual answers about the two services.
Yes. Both hold pharmacy registrations, and the at-a-glance table above links to each entry on the GPhC register so you can check them yourself.
MedExpress does, on every weight-loss plan we list. Cloud Pharmacy's plan price does not include the consultation, so allow for that when you weigh up the two.
Cloud Pharmacy, on the figures we verified. Scores move over time, so use the table's links to each provider's Trustpilot page for the current numbers.
Nothing stops you. Each provider runs its own clinical consultation before anything is prescribed, so switching means going through the new provider's checks from the start.
Every consultation is run by the provider's own clinicians. We hand you over; we take no part in any clinical decision.
In short: MedExpress folds the consultation into its plan price and holds both registrations we check; Cloud Pharmacy holds the higher customer score but lists its consultation separately. If neither mix suits, keep looking.
Not just two — compare regulated UK online clinics across conditions, price first and disclosed in full.