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<blockquote data-quote="RuthW" data-source="post: 1179559" data-attributes="member: 148713"><p>My experience is that your GP will NOT prescribe months' worth of insulin in advance. As far as I know NHS regulations do not allow it. You will need to register with a doctor as soon as you arrive in Abu Dhabi and he/she will prescribe for you. You will probably find that there is a company Doctor and it will be very easy to get what you need (and cheap). As far as I know your GP is not allowed to prescribe more than 6 weeks in advance. </p><p>Also, if you have a work permit in AD, you are not officially domicile for in the UK for the period of your contract. That means you are not eligible to use the NHS in that period. They can get difficult with you for up to three months' after you return too. But most GPs don't. They keep you on their register while you are away so you don't lose your place, but they can't get a six-month prescription past the auditors.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RuthW, post: 1179559, member: 148713"] My experience is that your GP will NOT prescribe months' worth of insulin in advance. As far as I know NHS regulations do not allow it. You will need to register with a doctor as soon as you arrive in Abu Dhabi and he/she will prescribe for you. You will probably find that there is a company Doctor and it will be very easy to get what you need (and cheap). As far as I know your GP is not allowed to prescribe more than 6 weeks in advance. Also, if you have a work permit in AD, you are not officially domicile for in the UK for the period of your contract. That means you are not eligible to use the NHS in that period. They can get difficult with you for up to three months' after you return too. But most GPs don't. They keep you on their register while you are away so you don't lose your place, but they can't get a six-month prescription past the auditors. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app [/QUOTE]
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