To complain about my drs, for only prescribing medication for 28 days

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Then when I say I need two months worth because of a holiday they have given two separate prescriptions.... rather than 46 tabs

Sorry typo 56 tabs

What's the problem with giving the 2 separate prescriptions?
Depending on the type of meds they could be limited to prescribing a certain amount at a time.

It's what the guidelines say. Ours are the same.

That’s what repeat prescriptions are for 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's the rules... Not your GP.
I'm just glad mine gives me two inhalers on one prescription.

That’s standard practice at our doctors surgery, to discourage over ordering. If you would pay for two separate prescriptions usually for that period, then it’s not different? Surely? Or am i reading your post wrong? We have a pre-payment certificate as it saves us a lot for my husbands prescriptions.

To do with cost I guess?

Sorry posted too soon! If you’re in a number of tablets you’re constantly having to make sure you don’t run out. I understand they don’t want wasted prescriptions but it would be so helpful if they could prescribe for longer periods

Will a prepay cert help?

They stopped doing it because people don't keep on taking their meds and it costs the NHS billions

But thats right, its 2 precriptions you can collect both at the same time surely?

Yes unfortunately the guidance is set by region and more are moving to 28 days, our new gp is the same. They are accommodating your request to have the additional medication but have to charge it twice as you would have normally paid unfortunately.

Yes, I think YABU too. It's twice the amount so twice the cost.

You if don't want to pay full whack for them, get a prepayment certificate.

If everyone said they needed 2 months worth, the NHS would lose a fortune. I pay £10/month for 10 months of the year for my year round certificate.

So your DR has found a creative way around the rules he/she has no control over.

What's the problem?

As others have said, pre payment certificates are great if you have more than so many a month, definitely worth looking into if the issue is that you're ending up spending lots on seperate prescriptions. If it's a convinience factor then I don't think there's really much you can do.

My GP still issues 56 day's worth, and what with different issuing dates and picking up DH's I feel as if I'm forever waiting to pick up medicines as it is. 28 days and I might as well set up camp in there. YANBU.

That's what mine would do. Only a month on each prescription. I did query it years ago and they said it a month max per prescription as that's the guidelines. I'm on a repeat so it goes in a few days before I need them. When I needed 2 months I put in both to the pharmacy. It means if I went up a while before the second ran out, I wouldn't have got the next until the time it was due.

It's sensible to me and never been an issue.

Rules set by CCG prescribing advisors not GPs most are now 28 days. Absolutely not your GPs doing !!

No need to complain about your gp doing their job safely

Aside from cost, what's the issue with two separate prescriptions, and if it's cost, and you pay, YABU to try and cheat the system.

My GP gives me 37 days at a time. I'm on medication for life, so it's a boring palaver to spend my life checking tablets and ordering prescriptions. However, if I'm going away they will give me two lots in one go without question. It's to stop other people wasting medication and money, so I understand why it has to be this way.

My gp gives me 3 months supply (repeat prescription). Guess I’m lucky.

YABU

Depending on which medication it is eg a controlled drug they will only be able to prescribe 28 tablets at once due to nhs policies