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Can you thereby reclaim the cost by submitting your FP10s marked
immediately necessary, personally supplied to FPA for reimbursement?

On 1 October 2010 09:55, Dinesh Patel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I think you can ...issue script for 'immediately necessary' for drugs
> supplied from your own stock. That's what we do when we issue during an out
> of hours session. The Adastra system will even print script with that marked
> on the FP10 ..:
>
> Dinesh.......
> On 30 Sep 2010, at 16:54, John Glasspool <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> My computer says 28 CAPS of erythro cost £15, so not such a vast mark up on
> that at least.
>
> You cannot, of course, do a PA for tabs I think.
>
> On 30 September 2010 16:30, Saul Galloway <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Am i right in thinking pharmacies can source these sort of standard
>> drugs at less than tariff anyway, i.e. is there already a margin in
>> the NHS tariff?  + then container and dispensing fee?
>>
>> On 30 September 2010 16:27, Chris Markwick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >  Do you not routinely replenish with a personally administered script
>> > at no cost to yourself?
>> >
>> > If they have gone out of date, does that not suggest there is no longer
>> > a need?
>> >
>> > That said, those prices are shocking.
>> >
>> > Talking of which is everyone aware how much cheaper levitra is for
>> > patients compare to viagra?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Chris Markwick
>> >
>> > On 30/09/2010 15:03, Saul Galloway wrote:
>> >>
>> >> My drug bag needed refreshing as some items were out of date so as I
>> >> have done about 4 times before in my career I submitted a private
>> >> prescription to a local pharmacy marked for drug bad use. As it
>> >> happens the local pharmacies have been bought out en masse by a large
>> >> national chain.
>> >>
>> >> I am shocked by the prices I have been charged.
>> >>
>> >> erythromycin caps 250mg x 56     £54.11 (tariff price either 12.47 or
>> >> 7.04 for 30)
>> >> paracetamol soluble tabs x60       £10.63 (tariff price £5.33)
>> >> diazepam 5mg tabs x28              £4.95 (tariff price £1.12)
>> >>
>> >> etc , 100-400% markup on tariff prices across the board.
>> >>
>> >> Do I have a leg to stand on (beyond written complaint) or is it simply
>> >> my fault for not asking for a "quote".
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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