In article Andrew Herd <[log in to unmask]> writes
>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.
However, if you choose to "convert" a private script issued by a
consultant, into an NHS script issued by yourself, then you take over
responsibility for that script. You should be cautious if it is a drug
with which you are unfamiliar, and I would hesitate to prescribe solely
on the basis of a private script.
Telling a patient to take a private script along to an NHS GP and "they
will convert it to an NHS script" is not appropriate IMO.
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Jon Rogers
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