From: "Jeff Green" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 4:50 PM
> Fay
> >My nearest & dearest was a dispensing doctor &
> >is now the MD of the pharmacy attached to the
> >practice. Financially speaking the pharmacy seems
> > to be a better return than the dispensing.
> And his views on 28 day scripts and 7 days scripts
> for dosette boxes?
Feels is an abuse of the pharmacy pool but nice work if you can get it!
However would still dispense them if the practice declined to prescribe for
shorter periods to avoid losing the business. The dispensing practice don't
provide monitored dosage systems.
He says the system for paying pharmacies is changing on 1 April. Also note
GPC guidance which addresses these issues in Sept 2004
http://web.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/InfoOnPrescrib0904?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,prescribing
I have not attached the document out of politeness for people with open
source software which can only cope with one byte at a time but will send if
you can't get into this site, what with being an alien and all ;-)
Fay
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