Charged for private meds from chemist?
Charged for private meds from chemist?
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philv

Original Poster:

4,965 posts

232 months

Thursday 9th October
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My daughter had a prescription from doctor.

She took it to the chemist.
They said they couldn't do it through the NHS.
They said they could only do it privately.
She paid 60 pounds rather than the standard flat prescription fee.

She usually gets her meds from Frances when she goes back there.

But, the doctor wrote the prescription and the pharmacy had the neds.

What the heck?

davek_964

10,431 posts

193 months

Thursday 9th October
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Because it was a private prescription?

"A private prescription is a medical prescription which is not supplied by the NHS. This could be from a private GP, clinician, dentist"

The_Doc

5,708 posts

238 months

Thursday 9th October
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£9.90 is the NHS fee for meds that cost 20p and meds that cost £10,000

Shes been charged the true cost.

The doctor could have charged her another £150 to write the script as Private Practice charge, she or he is bearing the risk for it's use outside of the NHS.

Edited by The_Doc on Thursday 9th October 12:22

Jamescrs

5,582 posts

83 months

Thursday 9th October
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I went through this for a brief time with a medicine my daughter needed and as above if the prescription from Doctor is a private one then yes you pay the cost of it

philv

Original Poster:

4,965 posts

232 months

Thursday 9th October
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Thanks.

So why would he doctor at her normal go surgery Write a private one?

Its meds for depression.
Hard to believe its not on the nhs if available in france.

She usually gets meds from Frances but is entitled to get via nhs.

The Leaper

5,387 posts

224 months

Thursday 9th October
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Your daughter has either got the prescription from a private doctor source in the UK or from a doctor outside the UK eg France. Neither is paid for by the NHS. The NHS pays for a prescription supplied by a non private GP in the UK only.

R.

towser44

3,928 posts

133 months

Thursday 9th October
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I had this recently when I needed Anti-Biotics for a tooth infection. Private dentist, charged me £10 for writing the prescription, then I paid the standard £9.90 at the chemist in addition to that.

philv

Original Poster:

4,965 posts

232 months

Thursday 9th October
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Im guessing she took her french prescription to the chemist, rather than going to the doctor for an nhs prescription.

Paul Dishman

5,078 posts

255 months

Thursday 9th October
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towser44 said:
I had this recently when I needed Anti-Biotics for a tooth infection. Private dentist, charged me £10 for writing the prescription, then I paid the standard £9.90 at the chemist in addition to that.
Was it a NHS prescription?

If it wasn’t then my guess would be that the pharmacy has a minimum charge set at £9,90.

Paul Dishman

5,078 posts

255 months

Thursday 9th October
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philv said:
Thanks.

So why would he doctor at her normal go surgery Write a private one?

Its meds for depression.
Hard to believe its not on the nhs if available in france.

She usually gets meds from Frances but is entitled to get via nhs.
Not really. There are a lot of medications that aren’t available on the NHS. The pharmacy wouldn’t be paid if they dispensed a non-NHS medicine on a NHS prescription.