We are of course happy to prescribe most medication that you might need. In practice, we have a little more prescribing freedom than an NHS GP might. In particular, once you are stable on a particular treatment, we can often prescribe much longer courses.
We can prescribe controlled drugs if you are happy for us to share this information with other prescribers involved in your care, including your NHS GP.
Our prescriptions should be accepted by any pharmacy in the United Kingdom. Whenever possible, we will give you a paper prescription which you can take to the pharmacy of your choice. If that is not possible, we can send the prescription to you by email, which you can then show to the majority of pharmacies in the UK.
We make a charge for each item that we prescribe. We waive that charge for our Priority Club members. Our current prices can be reviewed at www.FormbyGP.com/pricing.
Regrettably, we are unable to issue NHS prescriptions.
Your pharmacy will charge you for dispensing your medication, even if you do not pay NHS prescription charges. It is likely that prices will vary, so you might like to shop around before choosing a pharmacy.
Please say if you would prefer us to dispense your medication for you to save you going to a pharmacy. We can usually order in whatever you need for collection on the next working day. We use the same suppliers as pharmacies, so our prices are very competitive.
We generally offer to prescribe pretty inexpensive medication where possible, and will warn you if we expect what we prescribe to be more pricey.
Taking all of this into account, especially bearing in mind that we can issue longer prescriptions, letting us prescribe your regular medication can be surprisingly affordable and convenient.
With your consent, we routinely share our consultation notes with your NHS GP. They will therefore be able to see what we have prescribed for you. Whether they agree with our prescribing recommendations and are happy to repeat our prescriptions is of course entirely up to them.