Emergency Supply Medicines for temporary Residents and Poster
The CCG is this summer re-launching its annual campaign to encourage visitors to the county who have forgotten their medication to request urgent supplies from a community pharmacy rather than via a GP practice. Although NHSE does not yet commission pharmacies to provide this service, many will do so, though some may charge a fee. Whilst practices in other parts of the country may not agree to use the emergency supply regulation (which authorises emergency supply by a community pharmacy so long as the practice agrees to provide the prescription within 72hrs) there are obvious patient safety benefits if all prescriptions are issued by the home practice. The LMC therefore endorses the CCG request that, if approached by one of their patients on holiday in another part of the country, practices should agree to issue appropriate prescriptions, always taking into account clinical need and any abuse of drugs concerns. Practice Poster
