Flu jab rules changed in my area.

stickywicket

I think this must be just a practice thing. I’m only on tablet meth & I have my blood tests at the GP’s surgery and they really do monitor me closely to the point of asking me to book in for a blood test if I go over 2 months though the rheumatologist is happy for them to be every 3 months as I’ve never had a problem other than one mild spot of iron deficiency. There’s not much communication though. The GPs still want their 2 monthly bloods even if I’ve had one done down at rheumatology.

However, the card, or a bracelet or something is a good idea. When I was speechless in re-sus it was left to Mr SW to tell them what meds I was on. All he can ever remember is Tamoxifen, which I took, briefly, to prevent breast cancer recurring, about 20 years ago.

By the way, my dentist and podiatrist both have a list of all my meds & check every visit to ensure nothing’s changed.

paulch

:roll: HI in my case i get flu and Pneumonia jab at the age of 56. i know the surgery have said that i do not get jabs because of athur but because i had a stroke and pneumonia in the past , so far i can still order drugs at 2 moths supply. dont know how long this will last , but i do have to pay for drugs :x
£104.00 a year

tjt6768

Common sense seems to be a common lacking thing at GP surgeries. Lol
Also updating systems..
When I went the other day the Doc was looking at my notes on the pc and telling me I was on mebeverine, changed them ages ago, and the anti depressants.. :shock:
I asked her if maybe trying amitryptaline for the IBS would be worth trying as I know some have had great success with it. Can't though as I am on the anti depressants already.. Can't remember what they are though, lol..
So, I have to keep on with the peppermint oil and alverine for now.. With a bit of added loperamide when needed..

cthornley

Just because they don't prescribe them doesn't mean they shouldn't be on your notes: It is crucial that they go on your notes and in the system as it means they get alerts to remind them not to prescibe drugs that interact with them.
EVERYBODY should check that their GP has a complete note of their meds on file whether or not they prescribe them and that this has been transferred to their electronic records (they will have a record whatever they say as the hospital will write letters to them but the info isn't always transferred accross to the electronic system) it is crucial to prevent nasty drug interactions which can be very dangerous

We changed over to monthly prescribing a while back and both myself and my Rhemy have kicked up an almighty stink about it - the official PCT line is that it reduces prescribing mistakes and ensures people go for monitoring (but at the time they changed it I was on 2 monthly monitoring so this was completely pants logic) but upon discussing it with my Rhemy we have come to the conclusion that it is a poor interpretation of the updated prescribing guidelines (by an idiotic pen pusher) but as they won't change it we are stuck with it despite it being a complete pain in the **** especially as it is often wrong when I pick it up so there is no chance of using a pick up service :roll:

Chrissie

BikerAngel

Don't all hate me now lol but in Scotland we don't pay prescriptions now but before when I did I got the 12 weekly prepay one it was much better for me and used to get month supply of tablets at a time. The hospital prescribed all my secondary meds as the sulphasalazine, leflonamide that I used to be on and the now MXT I am on are referred to here and they write to my doc and advise him on the monitoring I need from surgery between my rheumy visits and the dosage allowed etc so he can adjust according as I started on 2.5mg and went up to 20mg over a period of time.
We don't get sent letters for flu jab there are signs up in surgery advising and the nurse told me to book app when I was in for my routine monthly bloods. If I don't make app for my next bloods they tend to send me letter out with an app to make sure I go for reg monitoring.

hileena111

No I didnt get a letter.....I think last year they did such a campaign about the flu jab and people turned up but not enough to warrant the money spent on it. This year it has been left to practices to advertise and tell people themselves.

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Hileena