As a practice, we do not accept the ongoing medication supply and monitoring for patients who have self referred for private care for conditions such as ADHD, gender dysphoria etc..
“Patients electing to see a private specialist, should do so on the expectation that all recommended tests, procedures and prescribed medicines will be provided privately (not on the NHS). A recommendation from a private specialist for a medicine that is available on the NHS does not entitle the patient to NHS prescriptions for that medicine. Recommendations from specialists for ongoing prescribing on the NHS need to be made at an NHS consultation with an NHS specialist. A GP is therefore under no obligation to provide an NHS prescription to a patient based on the recommendation of a private specialist…..” Version 1 Ratified by Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Medicines Optimisation Steering Group (NNMOSG)
May 2024. Review May 2026
We do accept the care for patients who have accessed a private provider who offer NHS services via the right to choose referral and the NHS referral route. This including ongoing monitoring and medication if there is a shared care agreement in place.