EXCLUSIVE: Ministers will have the power to overrule doctors’ prescriptions in case medicines run out after Brexit. Urgent government consultation launched on Tuesday, leaked to The Timeshttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ab72c6f0-f9af-11e8-83e5-4dc2d31f2a89 …
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@JonAshworth tells The Times: “If these plans were ever implemented they would represent an astonishing power grab by government ministers with some healthcare decisions being decided in Whitehall rather than the GP surgery.”Show this thread -
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And here is the first page of the draft statutory instrument for all your parliamentary geeks out therepic.twitter.com/BnqTUEkBuH
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A spokesman for the department of health and social care said:pic.twitter.com/RYxu1RYobR
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They’re leaked government documents (leaks happen by those working in or around the govt). In what way do you think it’s pretend?
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Yes, but the maniacs in govt won't need to do much, as many drugs simply won't be available anyway. Besides, food and clean water shortages will put an end to many of those reliant on several medicines. The frail are the first to fall in a coup.
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Giving themselves the power to decide who lives and dies ...again
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I wonder what the insurance position would be for pharmacists who did this? OK if what they are giving is clinically equivalent; but if not?
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As an aside, your 4th option - pharmacists forced to prescribe a generic equivalent to a branded drug - is one of the very few positive outcomes of Brexit that I have seen...
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It’s not good in all cases; can be dangerous in some cases eg some anti epileptic meds
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