{"id":14759,"date":"2023-07-22T05:51:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T05:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/?page_id=14759"},"modified":"2023-07-22T05:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T05:56:47","slug":"medicines-doctors-no-longer-prescribe-on-nhs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/news\/health-and-safety\/medicines-doctors-no-longer-prescribe-on-nhs\/","title":{"rendered":"A List of Medicines Doctors No Longer Prescribe on the NHS"},"content":{"rendered":"

CURBS ON PRESCRIPTIONS<\/strong>: NHS England figures state that GPs issue well over 1 billion prescription items each year.<\/p>\n

The annual cost of doing so is about \u00a310 billion. Even so, the overwhelming majority of NHS prescriptions are appropriate.<\/p>\n

The issue relates to medicines, products, and some treatments that do not require a prescription. In fact, people can purchase the items on the list of low value medicines over the counter from pharmacies.<\/p>\n

Many OTC drugs are also available for purchase from supermarkets, corner shops, and at petrol stations.<\/p>\n

These retailers sell over the counter medicinal products also prescribed by family doctors. They include medication such as cough mixture, cold treatments, eye drops, sun cream lotions, and laxatives.<\/p>\n

Often, the cost of buying these items is much lower than the price paid by the NHS for the same product. Thus, stopping GPs from prescribing low value medicines could save the NHS \u00a3190 million a year.<\/p>\n

It should also free up millions of GP appointments occupied by patients asking the doctor to prescribe these types of medicines.<\/p>\n

Here’s the deal<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The ban only applies to prescriptions for minor and short-term conditions. Most of these common ailments cure themselves or they cause no long term effect on public health and wellbeing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So what happens if you are a patient with a sore throat, a cough, or diarrhoea? Well, your doctor will tell you to get the treatment from a pharmacy instead. You do not need an appointment to buy over-the-counter remedies from a pharmacy.<\/p>\n

Hence, ‘routine’ prescriptions for low value medicines has now stopped for countless of minor illnesses. But, it has sparked some fears for thousands of patients who may shun the treatment altogether or end up out of pocket.<\/p>\n

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List of Medicines No Longer Prescribed on NHS<\/h2>\n

New NHS guidelines mean you will no longer be able to get a GP prescription for these ailments and conditions:<\/p>\n