PRIVATE PRESCRIPTIONS

Private prescriptions are written for medications which your private Doctor/Consultant has recommend for you.  A private prescription is not an NHS prescription and so it is not paid for by the NHS.

A prescription is a legal document.  The prescriber takes responsibility for the patient's use of that medication and for its monitoring.  Hardwicke House Group Practice does not have an obligation to convert privately issued prescriptions to NHS prescriptions.  If a private opinion is sought by a patient, any recommended medications would need to be prescribed as a private prescription by the private doctor.

You should take a privately-issued prescription to any pharmacy and bear the cost yourself.  Please note that the cost will be the price of the medication and NOT the standard NHS prescription fee.

BLOOD TESTS

Hardwicke House Group Practice follows the following guidance regarding requests for blood tests from a private provider.  The private provider is responsible for managing every aspect of their healthcare.  For that reason, private providers should not be asking GP's to arrange any tests that they deem necessary and intend to use to make a diagnosis and recommend a course of treatment with.

It is the private provider's responsibility to arrange tests for patients whose care they are managing, and the patient's responsibility to pay for them.