Jeff Green wrote:
> Julian,
>> We've now stopped all weekly Px for other than clinical reasons.
>
> I thought the reason for dosette boxes was clinical?
>
> Much in the same way that daily supervised methadone is clinical -
To extend the analogy, however, we don't write daily prescriptions for
methadone. In the same way as methadone, (and arguably calendar packs,
capsules, tablets or mixture etc.) for dosette boxes we should be able
to specify how the medications should be dispensed.
The problem that needs to be resolved is how Pharmacists are paid for
the work involved, and I agree with the view that writing weekly
prescriptions is a waste of GP and staff time and arguably fraudulent.
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Regards,
Stephen
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