I don't think so, although it would be incredibly sensible. The DoH has
strongly resisted this kind of thing, on the grounds that the few people who
pay for NHS scripts significantly help prop the system up by paying over the
odds for cheap medication.
A
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jeff Green
> Sent: 16 July 1998 23:41
> To: CommunityUK; [log in to unmask] Ac. Uk
> Subject: Is it legal.
>
>
> Hi,
> Given that some GP's do write private scripts for their NHS
> patients if the
> cost to the patient would be less than the NHS prescription tax.
>
> Given that most pharmacies sell rather than dispense those products which
> can be sold when a payable NHS prescription is presented.
>
> Is it then possible to go a stage further (with the agreement of both the
> GP's and pharmacists) if on the presentation by the patient of a
> payable NHS
> script which would be cheaper to the patient as a private Rx) for the
> pharmacist to copy the NHS script as a private script for the GP to sign
> later(with the NHS script returned to the GP as proof of supply).
>
> TIA
>
> Regards
>
> Jeff Green
>
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