Hi People,
im still a pre-reg but i was wondering considering the possibility of treating NHS prescriptions as private prescriptions for those who have to pay, especially since the welsh have abolished their fees and the scottish have put in place systems to achive the same in a few years time, leavin us in England to pay an extra health fee ontop of the NI we have to cough out.
The pharmacy I work at charges a minimum private Rx price of £4.85, and NHS prescription cost is abviously £6.85. The bad point is the extra paperwork but the good point is its cheaper for the patient (£2) and also the pharmacy makes more than the measley DT remuneration + 90p (considering category M reductions) and also has the potential to attract more patient in the short term as patients see it as better value pharmacy.
Abvioulsy employee pharmacists and locums woudnt benefit from this but small independent pharmacies would. I had a brief discussion about this with my manager/tutor but he said a similar case occured in wales a few years back and it was ecided that the prescrition script was the property of the NHS and must be returned to them.
Can anyone provide more information or care to offer their opinions on this for me, please?
Thankyou!!
im still a pre-reg but i was wondering considering the possibility of treating NHS prescriptions as private prescriptions for those who have to pay, especially since the welsh have abolished their fees and the scottish have put in place systems to achive the same in a few years time, leavin us in England to pay an extra health fee ontop of the NI we have to cough out.
The pharmacy I work at charges a minimum private Rx price of £4.85, and NHS prescription cost is abviously £6.85. The bad point is the extra paperwork but the good point is its cheaper for the patient (£2) and also the pharmacy makes more than the measley DT remuneration + 90p (considering category M reductions) and also has the potential to attract more patient in the short term as patients see it as better value pharmacy.
Abvioulsy employee pharmacists and locums woudnt benefit from this but small independent pharmacies would. I had a brief discussion about this with my manager/tutor but he said a similar case occured in wales a few years back and it was ecided that the prescrition script was the property of the NHS and must be returned to them.
Can anyone provide more information or care to offer their opinions on this for me, please?
Thankyou!!
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