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now ray has retired, he gets these for free, I've noticed that his 3 medications come on different forms and signed by different doctors in the practise, do they get paid per prescription ?
I'm away for the next few days so any thoughts I'll pick up on tuesday , ta  ;D

i dont know but could find out for you, otherwise the only reason i could think is if they were specialist medications and specific doctors needed to sign. some doctors have extra qualifications although the only one i can think of at the mo is family planning  ;D

I know I need a wheelbarrow to collect mine! 1L of Loperamide syrup... ( all Immodium tablets contain Lactose!)
:-[

I think the cost of the medications comes from the central surgery budget, so I suppose it makes no difference how many prescription forms they are on or who signs them.

Remember men folk out there you don't have to be 65 to get your free prescriptions you can have them at 60 :)

My husband gets his free from tomorrow, his 60th birthday!  Mind you, he has only visited the GP twice in the past twenty years so hasn't had to pay out a lot.

I always thought it was the chemist that charged the NHS for the items they dispensed.  I know there are lots of fiddles going on where people have been subscribed a certain number of tablets and been given less or given a small tube of ointment instead of the larger one prescribed by the GP.  This has happened so many times to my mother, mother in law and myself over many years and in many areas of the UK.  I now check my medication thoroughly when I pick it up from the chemist.

maybe it's because our gp has been off ill for a long time, there are 3 new doctors now, maybe he's on 3 different lists  ;D
he's on long term medication, 3 different types , don't think they need special qualifications , specially family planning  ;D ;D

i asked a colleague of mine who worked in a doctors practice and she could not think of any reason unless there were any controlled drugs on there so still none the wiser  ;D

thanks, debster, mere coincidence then  ;D

Quote from: Paulines7 on May 24, 2008, 09:02:14
My husband gets his free from tomorrow, his 60th birthday!  Mind you, he has only visited the GP twice in the past twenty years so hasn't had to pay out a lot.

I always thought it was the chemist that charged the NHS for the items they dispensed.  I know there are lots of fiddles going on where people have been subscribed a certain number of tablets and been given less or given a small tube of ointment instead of the larger one prescribed by the GP.  This has happened so many times to my mother, mother in law and myself over many years and in many areas of the UK.  I now check my medication thoroughly when I pick it up from the chemist.

I'm glad our medical centre has it's own pharmacy, at least you get what is prescribed.

With the OHs various ailments I take in repeat prescriptions to our 5 doctor surgery every week.

These are checked by the receptionists against your permitted repeat drugs, and printed off. Any one of the doctors who has spare time will sign-off batches of scripts during the day.

We are very lucky living out in the sticks.  Our GP's practice is a dispensing one.  By the time you've left the doctor's consulting room and get to the dispensary the drugs are ready for you.  Both over 60 so all free.

With regard to repeat prescriptions you ring up the dispensary, and they are ready for you to collect later the same day.

Oh and to make an appointment to see the GP the same day you ring up as soon after 9.00 a.m. as possible.  You might have to wait until 10.30 to see the doctor.

We have lived here over 30 years, and it has always been like it.

valmarg

Quote from: valmarg on May 27, 2008, 18:19:50
Oh and to make an appointment to see the GP the same day you ring up as soon after 9.00 a.m. as possible.  You might have to wait until 10.30 to see the doctor.

You are lucky, with us you have to wait at least a week to see a doctor when you make an appointment. Then when you go for your appointment there is never anybody else in the waiting room.

jawdroppingly amazed - and envious - VM...in fact I clicked on your profile before I typed this to see if you were anywhere near me :'(  Are you also served by good NHS dental practices btw? (go on, ruin my night & tell me you are ;) ;D)

I wonder if each of the 3 docs originaly perscribed the drugs and this is why they all sign the perscriptions individualy.

I am not 60 but get quite a lot of stuff on perscription hayfever, eczema (i dont use soap so i get stuff on perscription). So i get a perscription  from the doc and this generaly has 3 repeats on it and about 6 weeks later i get a 3 month prepaid certificate and a repeat perscription from the doc for a second lot then put the 2 perscriptions into the chemist (i will have notifyed them so they get me in fresh stock with a long shelf life) and then about a month later i get the 2nd repeat perscription and a week before the prepaid certificate expires i get the 3rd and final repeat perscrition which saves me a lot of money and i am then stocked up for a year.

A 3 month certificate is 28 quid so you can see the benifits when i get 8 things on each percriptions at 7 pound 10 pence a shot  ;D

(199 quid for those keeping score)

well, here's a thought, went for my 3 items today, again, all on separate prescriptions, been on 2 of them for 5 years, newer one for 12 months..this is a new chemist attached to the new clinic, does it do anything for them to have separate scrips ?
I just don't like the idea of more trees being chopped down  ;D

its all on recycled paper anyway, i know the chemist sends them off at the end of the week to some where that checked them and scans them so there is a copy held on a data store then they are shreaded and sent for recyling again.

well, one less thing to worry about, just me, being paranoid  ;D

some gps will give you a private prescription for stuff that is only available on prescription but cheaper to buy then the prescription charge, mine does that

Quote from: manicscousers on May 27, 2008, 19:21:05
well, one less thing to worry about, just me, being paranoid 

You had better get a prescription for that. ;)