Under control
Had some great fun with the changes to the CD regulations in July, but we think we’ve got them sorted out now. I’ve written a memo on all the important changes around the NHS scripts to keep all the staff on the right track, since there’s been a number of changes for everyone to contend with.
For example, yes it’s good practice for a GP to issue no more than 30 days supply but it’s still only good practice and so we can’t send patients back to the particular practice that does issue large supplies (although we have politely sent over a copy of the Societies guide to the changes!).
We’ve also had to get used to asking people to sign the back of scripts when collecting Schedule 2’s and 3’s (even for temazepam which we do keep forgetting about!). It’s been quite a challenge to get the right wording with patients when explaining why they now need to sign, but we’ve settled on describing changes with “with certain types of strong painkillers” since it seems to sound so much better to a patient than describing changes with “controlled drugs”.
And it’s been marvellous to be able to make minor amendments to CD scripts rather than send them back to the GP. We must get at least two CD scripts a week where the total quantity isn’t written in words and figures and now we can sort this out ourselves, rather than messing the patient around.
For example, yes it’s good practice for a GP to issue no more than 30 days supply but it’s still only good practice and so we can’t send patients back to the particular practice that does issue large supplies (although we have politely sent over a copy of the Societies guide to the changes!).
We’ve also had to get used to asking people to sign the back of scripts when collecting Schedule 2’s and 3’s (even for temazepam which we do keep forgetting about!). It’s been quite a challenge to get the right wording with patients when explaining why they now need to sign, but we’ve settled on describing changes with “with certain types of strong painkillers” since it seems to sound so much better to a patient than describing changes with “controlled drugs”.
And it’s been marvellous to be able to make minor amendments to CD scripts rather than send them back to the GP. We must get at least two CD scripts a week where the total quantity isn’t written in words and figures and now we can sort this out ourselves, rather than messing the patient around.
posted by Dee Spencer at 4:55 pm
2 Comments:
its great news about the regulations being a bit more relaxed but i dont think computer generated cd scripts are properly read and noted by gp s , they've become just another script to sign!
Yes there is also this aspect to consider. We have certainly started to receive more repeat CD scripts where the directions just appear as 'as directed', and it may well be because the GP doesn't have to read the script as closely anymore. We have checked with the NPA whether we can alter this ourselves to ' One as directed', but apparently we can't stretch the regs that far so these these scripts do have to be returned to the GP.
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