Nutriprem 2 ready made on prescription?

brownbabygirl

Hi, it would be very time efficient to have these for when on the go with LO. I was told by my GP these are not available on the NHS (only the powder format is). But I know other ladies are getting the ready made on the NHS. Is there anything I can do about this? I dont need a lot, just about 10 a month for when on the go.

debsue

I think that you are lucky to have baby milk on prescription at all. Unfortunately the NHS does not have a bottomless pit of money and is not there for your convenience. You will have to do what others do (usually the ones who have to buy their milk) and make the milk prior to going out.

emmylou83_2

Having myself had a child that was on prescription milk, i can assure u, its not a "lucky" thing at all...... Usually the child has been very ill before being prescribed this medication. I can see what u mean about being lucky to have it ready made however. Perhaps OP, u could enquire at the pharmacy u usually get ur prescription from as to if u r able to purchase the ready made formula as tbf, its not a necessity. I was told by my pharmacist I was able to purchase it, its just so expensive tho. So I never bothered and just coped with making up the formula as i went along. I had the tommee tippee dispensers that went with my babys bottles.

brownbabygirl

thanks emmylou!!! very useful response

brownbabygirl

debsue wrote: »

I think that you are lucky to have baby milk on prescription at all. Unfortunately the NHS does not have a bottomless pit of money and is not there for your convenience. You will have to do what others do (usually the ones who have to buy their milk) and make the milk prior to going out.

yikes you seem actually envious i get free milk? my baby came 6 weeks early and i would not wish that on my worst enemy for any amount of 'free milk'. you did not have to be nasty. unlike normal formula nutriprem cannot be made up in advance. and the ready are really dear compared to normal formula. i have found a way around my problem but do move on swiftly if you are not happy with what i posted or have nothing constructive to add.:eek:

daska

Nutriprem2 liquid is listed on the NHS drug tariff list which, and I may be wrong here, I understood meant it was available to prescribe. (This is most certainly not my area of expertise.) Ask the pharmacist and, assuming I'm correct, you can then inform your GP that the Pharmacist suggested you could get it on Px and could he double check (nicer than saying "stop lying to me just because it's expensive")

bethl79

Yes it is definitely available on prescription, it is classed as a borderline substance - the same classification as the powder. It is available for pre-term babies (less than 35 weeks) until 6 months corrected age. I would go back to your gp with this information.

barbiedoll

I've a feeling that it may be a "hospital only" prescription item, is your baby still under consultant care? If so, you could maybe get a prescription from them? You may find that the hospital have to order it in though, which can be a pain because you will have to go back and collect it. They don't tend to keep much stock in as it has a short shelf life.

Ask a pharmacist whether it is available on a GP prescription, they will be able to tell you there and then. And don't be fobbed off by a tightwad GP, they dispense enough pointless medication to plenty of "worried well" patients, if your baby needs special milk, you should be able to have it!

LondonDiva

barbiedoll wrote: »

I've a feeling that it may be a "hospital only" prescription item, is your baby still under consultant care? If so, you could maybe get a prescription from them? You may find that the hospital have to order it in though, which can be a pain because you will have to go back and collect it. They don't tend to keep much stock in as it has a short shelf life.

Ask a pharmacist whether it is available on a GP prescription, they will be able to tell you there and then. And don't be fobbed off by a tightwad GP, they dispense enough pointless medication to plenty of "worried well" patients, if your baby needs special milk, you should be able to have it!

According to the OP, she IS already getting the milk on presccription, but in powdered format. However, she wants to have a more expensive ready made liquid form for convinience when she's out and about.

There's no reason for the OP not to make up the powdered milk herself and take it with her - this is where the NHS has money poured down the drain because people cannot differentiate between 'want v need'; although a perfectly acceptable format is there, the OP does not feel able to spare time to prep, not that the OP's child has a clinical or oher actual need for this more expensive format.

hermanmunster_3

it is on the PPA list but GPs have to try and reduce the cost of prescribing medication, so are unlikely to give a more expensive format of a food than a cheaper version. Might seem as though they are being stingy but they get pestered by the PCT if they don't and ultimately it costs everyone else more ..... personally I think if mothers are not breast feeding (and I fed a prem so it can be done) then they should always pay towards the feed, if the babe was on "normal formula" milk then none of it would be on prescription - if they need a more complex expensive feed then a proportion should be provided on prescription to make up for the extra cost.

RadoJo

hermanmunster wrote: »

personally I think if mothers are not breast feeding (and I fed a prem so it can be done) then they should always pay towards the feed,

In fairness, just because you were lucky enough to be able to breastfeed, doesn't mean that everybody can - we don't know what issues the OP's baby might have and even qualified breast feeding experts agree that sometimes it's not possible to breastfeed exclusively no matter how much you want to.