Prescriptions, just another example of the manic over administration that robs the NHS of money.

About ten years ago I had a minor heart attack and have been on a repeating prescription for four pills ever since.  Until last year I would get a three month supply.  This was then stopped and I can only get one month repeats now.  When I asked why I was told this was to stop stock-piling and cut down on waste if there was a mistake.  As I take one of each every day how can I be stock-piling?  Why would I want to do this?

Speaking to my customers, most of whom are elderly and on drugs that they need to avoid being admitted to hospital, they are terrified of being left without medication.  Mistakes happen on a regular basis.  As the repeat prescriptions will not be signed more than a week in advance any mistake is likely to leave them without any pills as it takes about ten days for the repeat to be processed.  Hence the stock-piling, to tide them over when mistakes occur.

Until this was brought in my GP employed one prescription administrator.  Their work load is now tripled so he employs two.  Despite this prescriptions are still wrong because they are both under pressure as are the pharmacies dealing with three times the number of prescriptions.