Private referral = private script
Not so. The NHS specifically states that you may not deny a patient who has
been in receipt of private treatment access to treatment on the NHS. This
includes prescribing, which is awkward, but nonetheless, the law.
TOS don't mention this at all.
Andrew
Dr. Andrew N. Herd MRCGP [log in to unmask]
Family Physician, Medical Adviser to Durham Health Authority
Lecturer in Primary Care, Durham University
Medical Editor, Practice Computing
-----Original Message-----
From: TreforR <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 09 March 1998 01:17
Subject: Re: Shotgun marriage
>In a message dated 08/03/98 23:57:56 GMT, JM Sager writes
>
><< Because of the very high incidence of private referral (up to 60% of the
>total), a lot of prescribing is consultant driven and the latter will often
>choose the modern more expensive drugs which we have to convert to an
FP10.>>
>
>Whoops ... advertising on a public list that you breach the ToS is not
really
>a good idea. Private referral = private script. Conversion of one to
t'other =
>breach of ToS
>
>Trefor
>
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