A private consultant might suggest prescribing new medicines for you or might want to amend the medicines that you are already taking. They will be responsible for giving you the first prescription or any new medicines that you need to start taking straight away, also they may need to continue prescribing until the condition is stabilised. Please note if you take a private prescription to any NHS pharmacy you will have to pay the actual cost of the medication rather than the current NHS prescription charge, which may cost you more or less depending on the medication prescribed. In some cases, your GP may be able to continue to prescribe these medications on an NHS prescription. This would be considered by the practice and is at the discretion of the surgery. Please DO NOT assume that we will prescribe this for you.
Prior to this, a full clinic letter from the consultant is required, which is signed by a GMC registered doctor and it must outline the reasons for treatment, explaining the precise details of the prescription; what it is being used to treat, how long the treatment is intended for, and what monitoring or follow up is required before the practice can decide whether we can continue to prescribe.
