Vent needed about GP at my surgery

kathy206

I would go back to the surgery and ask for a complaint form to take with you. That way everything is fresh in your mind. Keep the complaint concise factual and non emotional. They have to reply within 14 days, and they have to let you know if this is not possible. I am a bit woolly as regards the dental prescription. It drives GPs mad when dentists start sending patients to them for dental scripts, as it is the DENTIST prescribing the medication not the GP, the GP has not examined the patient or prescribed the course of treatment. The prescription is a legal document and as soon as you put your signature to it then the prescriber is responsible for it. Surely the dentist could perhaps write to your GP requesting the toothpaste be placed on repeat prescription as a continuing treatment as out patient clinics do, or alternatively the dentist could prescribe enough for your daughter until her next visit.
Good luck

brook2jack

"OI'm lucky as DD is not diabetic, and shes not really been a sugar addict, sweets are a treat, and if she has squash its very watered down but she drinks water and milk, and cleans her teeth twice a day,"

Ok but for decay to happen she must be eating or drinking something sweet/starchy more than 3 times daily.

It's not just sweets that are a problem, what does she snack on? Is she a grazer eating little bits during the day? Does she snack on raisins,yoghurt,crisps ?

Does she have anything to eat or drink just before bed?

How often during the day does she have a sip of squash ,even very dilute one glass has three spoonfuls of sugar.

Does she eat cereal/grain/health bars? One of these has as much sugar as a mars bar.

Does she drink fruit juice/smoothies? They have as much sugar as a glass of coke.

Does she pick at the odd biscuit? A plain digestive has three spoons of sugar.

Does she eat breakfast cereal as a snack? As much sugar as a slice of cake.

To get decay you have to have repeated intake if sugar during the day. To stop it you just reduce the number of sugar hits a day to three.

Ellejmorgan

Like you I too get a lot of prescriptions, my gp would never speak to me that way or allow me to be spoken to..
It's not on, not anyones fault they need medication...

I'd go to the PCT if this is ongoing..

Spamfree_2

Let the dentist who prescribed it have it taken out of their budget, not the GPs.

Will the compensation be in the form of free consultations?

hermanmunster_3

definitely get the person prescibing it actually do the prescribing. ie the dentist.

Anyway we all use toothpaste so you would have to buy some anyway - bit like people wanting fancy baby milks on prescription

brook2jack

As explained before dentists don't have a drugs budget. The problem is dentists are not supposed to prescribe 6 months of drugs in one go.

The rules are changing so dentists cannot just write repeat prescriptions, you will have to book a check up to get a new prescription.

You cannot buy without a prescription , private or nhs, the very high fluoride toothpaste that the op and her daughter use.

There are many medications a dentist might prescribe for a person to use long term and in my experience it has never been a problem for a doctor to add them to a repeat prescription.

My only misgiving in this case is in a healthy child diet should be the first line of attack as this toothpaste is normally only prescribed for people who are prone to decay because of medications/medical conditions.

LilMissEmmylou

hermanmunster wrote: »

definitely get the person prescibing it actually do the prescribing. ie the dentist.

Anyway we all use toothpaste so you would have to buy some anyway - bit like people wanting fancy baby milks on prescription

THIS!

This is EXACTLY how I feel when handing out some prescriptions in work. I buy my toothpaste so why do others not have to because they have weak teeth? and why can people not buy the likes of Corsadil themselves? I also believe Duraphat should be something you pay for even when a prescription states it is needed. The same re paracetamol or co-codamol 8/500.

Re gluten free though - well I can see why some people want a prescription for the bread or whatever as it IS much more expensive than the cost of a normal loaf of bread. They have started to tighten up on what they will prescribe now gluten free. Mainly bread and bread mix and very rare to see biscuits and pasta on script in our area.

That said, I dont believe a Dr (or anyone) has the right to be rude or to yell at you and you SHOULD complain.

mum2one

Spamfree wrote: »

Let the dentist who prescribed it have it taken out of their budget, not the GPs.

Will the compensation be in the form of free consultations?

I've never mentioned compensation, so where you have got that from i don't know, all i want is not to be verbally abused by a GP is that difficult to comprehend.

mum2one

hermanmunster wrote: »

definitely get the person prescibing it actually do the prescribing. ie the dentist.

Anyway we all use toothpaste so you would have to buy some anyway - bit like people wanting fancy baby milks on prescription

I dont have a problem with buying toothpaste, but I do have the problem when the item is a prescription item not an off the shelf item,

Do you have a problem with that!

brook2jack

LilMissEmmylou wrote: »

THIS!

This is EXACTLY how I feel when handing out some prescriptions in work. I buy my toothpaste so why do others not have to because they have weak teeth? and why can people not buy the likes of Corsadil themselves? I also believe Duraphat should be something you pay for even when a prescription states it is needed.

That said, I dont believe a Dr (or anyone) has the right to be rude or to yell at you and you SHOULD complain.

Please read above posts. There is no such thing as weak teeth and duraphat cannot be bought , only on prescription.

It is generally prescribed either where people are on medications or have medical conditions that make them more prone to decay or where physical disability makes cleaning difficult or where the type of feeding ie by tube of high calorie foods , makes someone more prone to decay.

There are many conditions and medications ie people taking bisphosphonates or recording radiotherapy to head and neck, where losing a tooth may result in loss of a large part of the jaw or worse.

My misgivings are about prescribing this to a healthy child where diet modification should be enough to prevent decay. But the main purpose of this toothpaste is to prevent /control decay in people who are vulnerable because of health, medication etc.