Prescriptions
(asked on 29th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has issued guidance to GPs on stopping the issuing of repeat prescriptions without an appointment.
This question was answered on 2nd December 2016
The Department has not issued guidance to general practitioners on stopping the issuing of repeat prescriptions without an appointment.
When issuing repeat prescriptions or prescribing with repeats, prescribers are expected to make sure that procedures are in place to monitor whether the medicine is still safe and necessary for the patient.