Medical Card Prescription Question

Patient11

My Doctor usually gives me a Medical Card Prescription for my medication. However during the christmas period when I needed a new Prescription at short notice he wasn't able to write me a Medical Card Prescription so he sent me his own email Prescription.

This is not a Medical Card Prescription.

Does anyone know if my chemist will be able to process this email Prescription for a Medical Card one ?

palmcut

Patient11 wrote: »

My Doctor usually gives me a Medical Card Prescription for my medication. However during the christmas period when I needed a new Prescription at short notice he wasn't able to write me a Medical Card Prescription so he sent me his own email Prescription.

This is not a Medical Card Prescription.

Does anyone know if my chemist will be able to process this email Prescription for a Medical Card one ?

Get the GP to fax the script to your local pharmacy with a written assurance on the fax that the GP will post the original to your designated pharmacy.This will not work for Morphine type drugs.You also could offer to pay the pharmacy and seek a refund when you present the original script.Talk to your local pharmacist who may offer any of the above solutions or who may have a different solution.

January

No they will not be able to process it as a medical card one. You will have to get a copy of a GMS prescription from your doctor.

sullivlo

I've been able to have a non-medical card script processed as a medical card one by signing a form for the pharmacist - something to do with undue hardship. However that was in my local pharmacy where I fill every script, where they know me, and this was a hospital script. Maybe that's different?

palmcut

sullivlo wrote: »

I've been able to have a non-medical card script processed as a medical card one by signing a form for the pharmacist - something to do with undue hardship. However that was in my local pharmacy where I fill every script, where they know me, and this was a hospital script. Maybe that's different?

The "Hardship" scheme is a different scheme.If a doctor prescribes items for a medical card patient that are not covered on the medical card, then those non-medical items may be approved under the Hardship scheme.An application form needs to be signed by your Medical card doctor and the form needs to be priced and signed by your local pharmcist. This completed form is then sent to the local health office. This office may or may not approve the items on the application form.Generally speaking the items have to cost more than 21 euros to get approval.The local health office often refuses to approve items.

angeldelight

palmcut wrote: »

The "Hardship" scheme is a different scheme.If a doctor prescribes items for a medical card patient that are not covered on the medical card, then those non-medical items may be approved under the Hardship scheme.An application form needs to be signed by your Medical card doctor and the form needs to be priced and signed by your local pharmcist. This completed form is then sent to the local health office. This office may or may not approve the items on the application form.Generally speaking the items have to cost more than 21 euros to get approval.The local health office often refuses to approve items.

I think the "undue hardship" one is actually the wording on the hospital emergency claim form, not in work to check but it's along the lines of I dispensed to this patient on foot of hospital prescription who couldn't attend their own gp due to undue hardship or something along those lines

echo beach

That does sound like using the 'Hospital Emergency' scheme rather than the 'Hardship' scheme.
There are about 14 different schemes that are used in community pharmacies to supply medicines to patients with some or all of the payment being made by the state. Talk about bureaucracy gone mad.There are so many different possible options that you really need to take the prescription to a pharmacy and talk to the pharmacist who can advise you.