Friends of Crawley Down Health CentreThe Patient Participation Group for Registered Members of Crawley Down Health Centre | |
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We have been advised of a change to the way repeat prescriptions are handled: Your GP surgery will now only accept prescription requests from you or your carer. Pharmacies will no longer be able to do this for you. What do I need to do? There are three different ways to order your medicines: Ordering […] Just to let you know the normal online access has been reinstated. There has been an upgrade in the process so the “look and feel” is different but otherwise all the same facilities are there as before. Glynn The surgery have asked us to share this news with you. It looks like a very useful new way for the doctors to more efficiently send your prescription to your preferred pharmacy: On the 10th April 2018 we are moving over to Electronic Prescribing. We have provided some information below about what this means, how […] Reminder Message From The Surgery Re Appointments And Prescriptions During New Computer InstallationDEAR PATIENTS – ADVANCE NOTICE On 23rd June, we will be installing a new clinical system, with greater speed, stability and functionality. We expect this to improve significantly the service we offer to you. All staff will need to be trained on the system so please bear with us during and after the handover. […] Figures have emerged that demonstrate enforcement of the law which outlaws those of us who live within a 1.6km (a mile) of a community pharmacy from using our doctor’s dispensary service is wasting taxpayers money up to the extent of £38.6m per annum. The reason is that the doctor’s dispensary system provides a cheaper way […] Dear Patients Please note you will not be able to order your prescriptions, using Vision Online, (the web based system where, if registered, you can also book appointments), if you do not have items on repeat which have already been authorised by your GP. However, requests can be emailed direct to our prescription team […] Unrest continues to spread across the country concerning the undemocratic discriminatory 1 mile rule enforced and supported by Pharmacy Minister Earl Howe. The latest areas of focus are in North Yorkshire and Bedfordshire where Mrs Pam Fisher, secretary of her local PPG (Lower Stondon Surgery) has launched a new e-petition. Many of you signed my […] For those who are interested, especially the 231 of you who signed the surgery petition and then followed up with the e-petition here is some news about where the campaign is going this year. This week I have written to 230 MPs and 22 Peers all of whom are either on the All Party Parliamentary […] For those who are interested in this topic I have recently updated the blog with current developments. Click here to read the latest news. You will see, as was demonstrated in the Commons debate on 20th November 2013, a growing number of MPs are beginning to call into question the absurdity of the law. With […] |