GPs spending 10% of their Medicine Budget on Diabetes

[Salvia]

Worth every penny. LOL

http://www.pharmaceutical-journal.c...ing-an-annual-medication-review/20200770.blog

Interesting, just not the whole story, the pharmacy makes the claim rather than the pharmacist and there's a limit to how many can be claimed in a year. If every review took as long as the person in my previous message, definitely worth every penny. I've had one review in the 28 years that I have been using the local pharmacy. Perhaps I should ask for more, but then if they are limited to 400 (see below) maybe that's all I can expect.

"The fee for provision of an MUR is £28. Pharmacies that make arrangements to provide Advanced services before 1 October in any financial year are able to conduct and be paid for a maximum of 400 reviews in the financial year (1st April - 31st March). The limit for pharmacies that enter arrangements on or after 1 October in any financial year is 200 for the financial year."

I accept that it is the pharmacy and not the individual that makes the claim/receives payment. Sadly, the scenario outlined in the link above bears no relationship to my experience with a couple of the pharmacies in my locality. If the reviews I have been subjected to (insisted upon by coercion & misrepresentation), if they bore any resemblance to that outlined in the link I might not think it was such an abysmal abuse of NHS funds.

Apologies from me too, Art of Flowers. I shall now shut up and go away.

 

[JohnEGreen]

I quite enjoyed my last review with pharmacist it gave me the opportunity to have a little rant. He politely listened showing due interest in my concerns , and as soon as he could free himself from this argumentative patient/client he probably put it out of mind. I don't care as I felt immensely better after wards for having had a captive audience who had to listen to me. After all he started the conversation not me.

 

[DavidGrahamJones]

If the reviews I have been subjected to (insisted upon by coercion & misrepresentation), if they bore any resemblance to that outlined in the link I might not think it was such an abysmal abuse of NHS funds.

I'm beginning to realise that I have some exceptional providers of health care, GP surgery and pharmacy. I might have only had one review in 28 years but it was a case of "Mr Jones, if you have 10 minutes may we review your prescriptions?" By that time I'd been thinking "Why not? Everyone else is having them, why not me?". On the other hand I know my pharmacist by name, I know where he's been on holiday, I know about his family, maybe the advantages of living in a backwater. There was one relief pharmacist who was a complete &*^^$*(&)(**&), I go elsewhere when he's around.

 

[Member34835]

Good for your father in law! He will do better in old age with a higher cholesterol (and without the statin side effects).

My father in law who has absolutely nothing up with him but is age 73 had the health mot they had pestered him to go to. And suprise they prescribed statins - he picked up his free pills Googled them and put them in the bin. Waste of money - there is nothing wrong with him.

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