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Taking Medicines Out of the UK

An NHS patient travelling abroad may ask their surgery for a FP10 repeat prescription to cover their time abroad. This is at the discretion of the surgery but can be for no longer than 3 months. This will give the patient enough medication to last until they can make arrangements for supply in the country they are visiting. The Department of Health recommends that the period for which prescriptions should be issued is best decided by the patient’s GP, taking into account his detailed knowledge of the patient’s medical history and current condition. When a doctor prescribes a drug he is clinically and legally responsible for any results of that decision to prescribe. In view of this it is not considered good clinical practice to prescribe large amounts of medicines to a patient going abroad for an extended period of time, whose progress the GP is not able to monitor.

GMS and PMS regulations state that the PCT shall remove a patient from the doctor's list where a patient intends to be away from the UK for a period of  3 mths, or has been absent from the UK for 3 or more months. It follows that prescriptions should not be issued for longer than 3 months, at which time the practice is deemed no longer responsible for providing patient care. This does not preclude re-registering patients on their return, or treating them as Temporary residents for emergency treatment if they visit the UK.  

 

TEMPORARY RESIDENTS

Please note that temporary residents should attend their own gp or private clinic at Waters Green for Travel Vaccines

BLOOD RESULTS

Please be advised that we will only contact you with results if they are not normal

Physiotherapy Service

Patients have to be referred by their GP for this Service

Patient Forum

Dates to be decided

Ear syringing.

Before asking about this please put olive oil in your ears for at least two weeks.

Travel Advice

Please contact the Assura clinic at Water's Green

Summary Care Record

summary care recordA new Central NHS Computer System is coming soon, called the Summary Care Record (SCR). The Summary Care Record is meant to help emergency doctors and nurses help you when you contact them when the surgery is closed. Initially, it will contain just your medications and allergies.

Later on as the central NHS computer system develops, (known as the ‘Summary Care Record’ – SCR), other staff who work in the NHS will be able to access it along with information from hospitals, out of hours services, and specialists letters that may be added as well.

Your information will be extracted from practices such as ours and held on central NHS databases.   

As with all new systems there are pros and cons to think about. When you speak to an emergency doctor you might overlook something that is important and if they have access to your medical record it might avoid mistakes or problems, although even then, you should be asked to give your consent each time a member of NHS Staff wishes to access your record, unless you are medically unable to do so.

On the other hand, you may have strong views about sharing your personal information and wish to keep your information at the level of this practice. Connecting for Health (CfH), the government agency responsible for the Summary Care Record have agreed with doctors’ leaders that new patients registering with this practice should be able to decide whether or not their information is uploaded to the Central NHS Computer System.

For existing patients it is different in that it is assumed that you want your record uploaded to the Central NHS Computer System unless you actively opt out.

For further information visit the Connecting for Health Website

If you choose to opt out of the scheme, then you will need to complete a form and bring it along to the surgery.

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