Post by kickingfrog on Feb 13, 2017 14:06:59 GMT
Drugs or medical appliances prescribed for patients by a GP
6.3 The question as to whether a pharmaceutical drug should be provided to patients of a GP practice is, in the first instance, a matter exclusively for the GP.
A CCG cannot impose any fixed cost limit on the pharmaceutical drugs a GP can prescribe for an NHS patient and which must be funded by a CCG as part of NHS funded care.
See regulation 56 of the GMS Regulations.
The only exceptions are the "black list" of drugs published by the Secretary of State that an NHS GP cannot prescribe .....
www.gplaw.co.uk/chapters/item/28-chapter-11-a-guide-to-the-law-on-patient-choice?highlight=WyJyZWd1bGF0aW9uIiw1NiwicmVndWxhdGlvbiA1NiJd
6.3 The question as to whether a pharmaceutical drug should be provided to patients of a GP practice is, in the first instance, a matter exclusively for the GP.
A CCG cannot impose any fixed cost limit on the pharmaceutical drugs a GP can prescribe for an NHS patient and which must be funded by a CCG as part of NHS funded care.
See regulation 56 of the GMS Regulations.
The only exceptions are the "black list" of drugs published by the Secretary of State that an NHS GP cannot prescribe .....
www.gplaw.co.uk/chapters/item/28-chapter-11-a-guide-to-the-law-on-patient-choice?highlight=WyJyZWd1bGF0aW9uIiw1NiwicmVndWxhdGlvbiA1NiJd