Uni doctor or home doctor?

Hey all,

I've been prescribed the contraceptive pill by my home GP surgery for the last few years and have to go in for a check-up every 6 months to get a repeat prescription. When I went to uni in September I registered as a patient at the student health service surgery - can I go to them now and have them issue a repeat prescription of my existing medication?

Also, more generally, does being registered at a doctor at uni cancel my registration with my surgery at home, or if I'm ill when I'm home can I make a routine appointment with my old GP as normal?

Thanks!

Reply 1

viviki

Joining the new one at uni means you are no longer a member of the old one at home, your medical records will have been transferred so you should be able to ring up the uni surgery for a repeat prescription. They might want to see you as they haven't seen you before or they might just routinely give it out to you depends on the surgery.

You can still see the doctor at home though if you're ill, just when you ring them up to make the appointment tell them you're a student and have transferred but were with them for x years before. You can normally get an appointment as normal but whilst your there they will get you to fill out a form and then they can claim the money for treating you from the health authority where your unis doctor is.

Reply 2

Elles

dazednconfused

I've been prescribed the contraceptive pill by my home GP surgery for the last few years and have to go in for a check-up every 6 months to get a repeat prescription. When I went to uni in September I registered as a patient at the student health service surgery - can I go to them now and have them issue a repeat prescription of my existing medication?

i was in the exact same position & this is what i concluded you should do - go to your new uni doctor because that's where you're registered now.

Also, more generally, does being registered at a doctor at uni cancel my registration with my surgery at home, or if I'm ill when I'm home can I make a routine appointment with my old GP as normal?

yes, it does basically - if people were registered multiple places then it could exclude people who have no Dr from getting on the lists..

so you can't exactly make a routine appointment - but normally they'll see you as a 'visitor' if you fill in some paperwork so they can bill your uni healthcare region i think, basically! i had to visit my home Dr. to get my repeat prescription (because our holidays are sooo long, i'd forgot! :rolleyes:

) & it was fine, but a bit of paperwork to fill in.

hope this helps :smile:

PS - ah, 'great minds' eh, viviki? :p:

at least we both agreed..!

Reply 3

dazednconfused

Wow, very quick replies! :smile:

Thanks a million viviki and Elles - that clears things up for me. Cheers :tsr:

Reply 4

Chicken

I had to go see my old doctor 2 days ago - when I rang for an appointment they still had my details on their computer so knew i'd been a patient there - all I had to do was fill out a 'temporary residence' form (as technically uni is my permanent residence as I spend most time there) and that'll get sent to my uni health service. It's not a problem, if you're ill you need to be able to be seen by a doctor, wherever you are :smile:

Reply 5

InterCity125

The one at uni is better for me. The one I used to have at home is no longer allowed to see female patients without a chaperone. Not the kind of man I would want to see. In the same surgey, 2 other drs have been struck off for fraud (aover £100k)

Reply 6

nikk

I have transferred doctors so many times in recent years that my medical history has been lost somewhere along the line!! :eek:

I had to give my new doctor a list of medications that I am on because he had no record of it! Made me feel quite important actually telling the doctor what he should perscribe me!! hehe! :biggrin:

Reply 7

Fluffy

you should be able to get your pill from any sexual health clinic, without the hastle of having to switch Drs back and forth.

Reply 8

crana9

clinics still like to go through a big rigmarole of collecting your MH etc though, it would be a bit of a PITA to go between them.

my uni doctor is fine with prescribing me any meds i need long-term over longer periods for holidays. i imagine most would be.