> 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 I disagree - esp with two poisonous new drugs recently withdrawn - I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?
>
I couldn't agree more, but this is a different issue. I still fail to
see why there should be a problem prescribing on a FP10 just because
the patient has seen a consultant privately.
Dr. Tim Barnes
Locum GP, Edinburgh
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