What do students do for medical care during the Summer holiday?

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If University GPs won't give enough of prescription and/or they fall ill.
Local GP was very unhelpful when DD's notes had moved,she had'nt and the vaccine (MenC?) was sitting in the fridge. They refused to give her the vaccine :(

This was in September,just before she started. DD1's notes didn't move as fast-she got the jab!

You go to a local GP like any other visitor, in an emergency. I'm not sure what you would do for repeat prescriptions.

You can go to any GP in an emergency, but I'd guess maybe they don't consider having a vaccination to be an emergency, and thought she should schedule it with her regular GP?

they get treated as a temporary resident. But why wouldn't your dd go to her own gp during term time for vaccination?

Ask your surgery to register her as a temporary resident. Use those exact words.

They will new the address ahead lives at while at uni and, if you know other, the name of her gp there.

Not sure about the vaccine but they cannot refuse her an appointment or prescription.

I never changed my GP, I stayed with the local one and then used the Walk In centre if needed when at Uni - I remember going once in 3 years. Partly because I did a course with placements so travelled a bit but it just wasn't worth me moving to the Uni one when I worked out how much I would need to swap. I went to the family planning clinic at home too but I needed to go once in an emergency at uni and it was no problem.

I am asthmatic so have repeats for inhalers, my mum used to get them and post if needed or a lot of the time I would just pick them up when I came home for the holidays. A practice nurse told me that it's very lucrative for Uni city GPs to get new people registered which is why they seem to tell everyone they need to!

AMumIn Scotland It was our GP that she had been with all off her life that refused the jab because the notes had left the day before.

If the notes had left then you DD must have reregistered with a different GP? In that case the "home" GP is no longer her regular GP so would have to treat her as a temporary resident, which probably wouldn't include vaccinations.

sorry a quick google comes up with this which clearly states that temporary residence should cover vaccinations

ImpatientOne Very interesting. Repeats are for inhalers and hayfever/allergy meds.
Wish I'd known this before as DD1 is abroad next year and DD2 has 8 week terms.

ginmakesit Yes DD2s' notes left to go to the University Doctor. The home GP refused to do the vaccination although it was sitting in the fridge.

DD1s' notes took a little longer and she got the jab that was ordered for the pair of them.