Notices

Cashmere Health Extended Prescribing Policy

Eligibility:

• Not everyone will be eligible for 6 or 12 monthly scripts – Extended scripts are at the discretion of your registered GP.
• Approval for a 6 or 12 monthly script must be made by your registered GP
• Extended prescriptions are only for stable conditions, unlikely to change within the next 12 months.
• Controlled drugs and medications requiring monitoring are not eligible
• Prescription length depends on how often your condition requires review

Prescribing Doctor

• Your 12 month prescription and all reviews must be completed by the same GP wherever possible to ensure continuity of care

Pharmacy

• Your prescription will be sent to one nominated pharmacy only
• Changing pharmacies will incur an administrative(script) fee, and the prescription will transfer for the remaining duration only

Repeat prescriptions

• Phone or online repeat requests are not permitted for 12 monthly prescriptions
• Repeat prescriptions for a 12-month prescriptions require a 15minute in-person appointment with your registered GP  and are for medication review only.
  Any additional concerns you wish to have addressed during the consult will require you to make a 30-minute appointment.
• If your script gets changed elsewhere (e.g. following hospital discharge), your 12-monthly script will cease, until review with your prescribing GP.

Patient responsibilities

• You must remain up to date with all required screening and blood tests, and complete any follow up investigations requested by your GP
• Failure to complete monitoring or if your condition becomes unstable, the 12 monthly script maybe cancelled.
• Should your condition change or deteriorate you must make an appointment with your GP to discuss.