PRIVATE PRESCRIBING POLICY FOR MEDICATIONS

Guidance on Prescriptions after seeing a Private Consultant:

If you choose to refer yourself to a private consultant i.e outside the NHS you are expected to pay the full cost of any treatment including medication you receive in relation to the package of care provided privately. Whilst you are undertaking private treatment, all prescriptions and associated care, monitoring of bloods, scans, ECG  etc. will also have to be undertaken privately. We are unable to ‘mix and match’ NHS and private care.

Private referral through your GP:

After a private referral is made by your GP, your private specialist may give you a prescription. You may only need one prescription. The prescription provided by your private specialist will be a private prescription and you MUST pay for the medication.

This cannot be brought to the surgery to be converted to a NHS prescription

If you need continued treatment, you may initially be given just one private prescription (which you will need to pay for) and advised to return to your GP to see if further NHS prescriptions can be provided.

There is no obligation, however, for your GP to accept clinical responsibility to prescribe the treatment recommended by a private specialist. To judge your clinical need for the treatment including the reasons for the proposed medication, your GP must have received a full clinical report from the private specialist. 

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