items needed, disabled etc

leeroy2009

trying to manage my life a little easier and have some questions.

when prescribied medication liquid, whos is responsible for supplying the syringe to messure the drug and who is responsible for the bottle adapter to take the syringe? should this also be reusable or disposable?

kitchen spoon aint apropriate as have fingers and wrist and hand issues,

so in terms of syringe and bottle adapter, just who is responible, is it nhs, chemist, gp (prescription item) or me?

Flugelhorn

I worked in a dispensing practice and we used to give them to people if they needed them - practice   probably paid for them out of the dispensing fee  but since not many people used them it wasn't a big deal. I would speak to the pharmacist (chemist) in the first instance

leeroy2009

keep the replys coming, sometimes i get the syringe and adapter with some meds and not the other, it depends if they in the box.

and also if they are classed as one use only, etc is maybe it should be something im supplied on prescription in bulk etc

Flugelhorn

I have never seen them as a "prescription item" (just checked, medication dispensing syringes are not available via this route on an FP10) 

 they were as you say often in the box (usually for children's medication) but we had huge bags of them and just put one in the bag if an adult was having a liquid medication and wanted a syringe for it. 

Not sure if they are "single use" - people got one for a bottle of medication

theoretica

It looks like chemists should be willing to provide one syringe with each medicine that needs them, but you may need to ask:

https://cpe.org.uk/funding-and-reimbursement/reimbursement/fees-allowances/consumables-containers/

Flugelhorn

agree @theoretica it is really like the spare bottles / boxes etc that are used if a pack has to be split. The cost will come out of the dispensing fee (used to be approx £2 / item but that was a while back and was volume dependent)

leeroy2009

your posts are very helpful

ive been researching this syringe issue and now at a sticking point, on nice website im positive i saw something about them been a prescription item but cant find them.

more detail, some drugs manufactures put the syringe the box with bottle of meds, i think i know what you mean too, the chemist also has a supply of universal ones in the shop, that they dish out when asked for by patients etc. these chemist issue ones aint the best of fitting sometimes, and im guessing they are single use, meaning only used once, nut ive seen reusable ones on a nhs supply list too.

i can persoanly just buy them, but the syringes are just the start, theres lots more items im going to need,

maybe the question is, who is legaly responsible (i hate the word legaly) is for supplying me with a box of 100 syringes every 3 months, if indeed these things are single use from the chemist, im actualy going to email a manufacture of one of my med (who always have a syringe and adatpter) included in  the box if there syringe is one use only and if its reusable, what do they suggest a disabled person do who can not wash out a syringe multiple times per day.

keep responding with your thoughts, more items to talk about on this journey.

leeroy2009

theoretica said:

It looks like chemists should be willing to provide one syringe with each medicine that needs them, but you may need to ask:

https://cpe.org.uk/funding-and-reimbursement/reimbursement/fees-allowances/consumables-containers/

thanks for this, interesting also.

sometimes the chemist does pop a universal syringe in the bag of meds i get delivered sometimes they dont, so looking for more of a bulk option, mainly as i strugle to clean them, and only having one syringe for over a month sometimes the thing clogs up and causes lots of issues, hence why i want bulk box of disposables.

leeroy2009

ive also found Enfit Syringes, these things to be a high end syringe, that you can screw caps onto etc, now these could be perfect for taking pre measured meds out in syringes instead of a bottle (as i say all things to make it easier)

elsien

What makes you think that the syringes are single use? 

leeroy2009

elsien said:

What makes you think that the syringes are single use? 

because there is 2 types, single use disposable and reusable, a disabled person may find it easier to manage using disposables. 

im turning part of my room in to a mini hospital room, that will also have a medical electric bed, so eventualy i want all medical supplys and medical cleaning supplys all togther and stocked.