Moving to Italy, what happens about regular prescriptions?

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So dd is moving to Italy to work as an au pair. She is on a regular prescription for blood thinners. I’m assuming because she won’t be a uk resident she can’t get nhs prescriptions. So will she need a letter from her GP to give to an Italian doctor? Does she register with an Italian GP?

Best for her to ask the family she's going to stay with.

I'm not sure Italians have GPs as such

Gov.Uk has info on this.

Google healthcare for UK nationals living in Italy

Thanks, will look at the gov.uk website.

I used to buy my meds over the counter when I lived there but it may not apply to blood thinners. Is she going for a limited time or permanently? I was able to access the GP in Italy for antibiotics for example, maybe her UK GP can advise? Mine did.

She’s on them permanently. I think she’ll definitely need to talk to the gp here before going as I assume she’ll need some sort of proof of what she’s on and why. I know she can view her prescriptions on the nhs app but it won’t go into the details of why she’s on them and that it’s permanent which is unusual for someone her age.

I meant is her move to Italy permanent or just temporary?

😆. Initially for a year. I think if she could stay there then she would

I don't have any experience, but I am an Italian who's been living in England for two decades and I go back regularly to visit family.
The equivalent of the GP is the 'medico di base' and it works exactly like in the UK. She will need to register with the practice and then she should be able to get a prescription for the drug.
Generally speaking, most pharmacies don't stick to the rules in Italy and she might find one who would give her the drug by showing a UK prescription. However, it could get more complex if the drug is not availably in Italy with the same brand/dosage/etc.
I would ask the hosting family to get in touch with their GP, showing a photo of the drug and the prescription, and ask for advice on next steps.

@user1471523870 thank you, that’s really useful. It’s all happened so fast, she leaves in 3 weeks and only found out today. I don’t even know if she needs health insurance for the year, will ask her to ask her host family.