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>Originally she suffered from that common complaint of being prescribed
>painkillers with a dose of 2 tds-- qds where 100 tablets was supposed to
>last a month. The quantity can only be changed by GP appointment - said
>change does not filter thru to repeat system - square one. Then they sent
>notices to patients and to local pharmacies (there is a great deal of
>repeat collection here) saying that under no circumstances were
>prescription requests to be made more that two days before the due date.
>
>The latest wheeze is that they have restricted collection of repeat scripts
>to two - 2-hour slots in the day - the last one ending at 4:30pm. She
>wishes to have her prescription dispensed at the pharmacy of her choice
>(i.e. mine and I don't work locally), so how in the hell is she supposed to
>work around this bearing in mind she works full time herself.?
>
>
>Does she have cause for official complaint? If so, to whom?
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1. Letter from patient explaining need for extra tablets.
2. SAE for prescription - either with pharmacy address on or her own.
3. Not cause for complaint unless reasonable attempts at sorting it have been made by BOTH PATIENT and GP
KT
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