[Meta] the private prescription rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining
the private prescription rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining — posting the reasoning in public because a policy you cannot inspect is just a preference. Pharmacy pricing on a private prescription is set by the pharmacy. The spread between them in a given month is routinely substantial, which is…
Discharge from a specialist service at goal is a normal end point of that pathway. Whether prescribing continues in primary care afterwards is a local decision and is worth asking about at the start rather than at the end.
Four pharmacies, four prices, same product, same month. The spread was larger than I expected and none of them were the headline offer.
GP said no in the spring, specialist said yes eighteen months later. Same person, same numbers.
This. The monthly pricing tracker is the most useful thing on this board and it works because nobody is allowed to link anything.
Referral link removed and the post left up. No links of any kind here, and that rule is not negotiable.
Referral link removed and the post left up.
Adding the practical bit — ask what happens at discharge before you start, not after.
The online consultation asked me three questions, none of them about my history. I did not go ahead.
Right, and reading the actual supply notice rather than the coverage of it saves a fortnight of speculation.
Right, and reading the actual supply notice rather than the coverage of it saves a fortnight of speculation.
Agreed — and keeping the letters with dates is what makes any later challenge possible.
tier 3 waiting lists are measured in years, not months
Discharged at goal back to the GP, who would not continue it. Nobody had mentioned that this was how it ends.
Discharged at goal back to the GP, who would not continue it.
This is why national advice does not work here. It is commissioned locally and it varies.
private prescription pricing moves monthly and the pharmacy is most of the spread