My DD has just turned 11 years old. She has epilepsy and has been medicated for a number of years. Has regular appointments with her consultant and is doing well.
I order her medication via my online GP portal, the same as my other DC who are slightly older.
When she turned 11 proxy access was removed so I can no longer order her medication via our GP. The only option is via the pharmacy with a slip of paper. They then send that to her GP who signs it off and returns it back to the pharmacy. I have to allow at least 10 working days due to supply issues.
The only way to resume normal order is to have a face to face appointment with the GP for her to be assessed under the Gillik competency test. To be clear, she is 11 years old and given that she is on long term medical care, doesn’t actually fall into the category of needing this test in order for my to have proxy access however our GP is refusing to move forward without an appointment.
It’s utterly ridiculous in these circumstances. I’ve raised the matter with PALs who are seriously concerned about the amount of GP appointments are going to be used unnecessarily. Each practice could have literally hundreds of 11 year olds suddenly being told they need to be assessed incorrectly.
So question is, how far reaching is this? Is it actually a primary care scandal or is my GP practice just misinterpreting the guidelines, in which case what on earth should I do (bar take my DD out of school for an unnecessary appointment- we have enough medical appointments).
Also, my other DD is a year old and didn’t have to do any test (and I still have proxy access to order her medication).