In article <[log in to unmask]>, Tim Barnes
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> I would have thought this was self evident - after all the patient
> is only asking the consultant for a private consultation, not you as
> a GP. Unless you are paid privately, you are obliged to treat her
> as an NHS patient, and use the FP10 accordingly. The specialist
> opinion is just that - an opinion. It is the GP who provides
> ongoing prescriptions no matter where the opinion has originated.
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Hmm - what if the GP disagrees with the private opinion?
I am still refusing to prescribe tolcapone to a really nice pt of mine
(all NHS - so apols for mixing me threads) - the consultant is deffo
miffed and says his local advisory committee (with GPs on it) say that
GPs can prescribe.
I disagree - esp with two poisonous new drugs recently withdrawn - I
think with a this new drug then the specialist can carry the can which
means signing the scripts.
I am well dug in.
Thoughts?
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Jelly Bean
'When you get fed up surfing....
.....go find some waves'
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