Long Term Illness Book replacement

leoosq

My Long term illness book has pretty much fallen apart after over 10 years use.

I can't seem to find any information about how to get a replacement one or a card if it has changed to that system in the meantime.

Do I need to make a fresh application from scratch to get a replacement?

Ocean Blue

leoosq wrote: »

My Long term illness book has pretty much fallen apart after over 10 years use.

I can't seem to find any information about how to get a replacement one or a card if it has changed to that system in the meantime.

Do I need to make a fresh application from scratch to get a replacement?

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/LHO/

Phone your Local Health Office, ask for LTI section.....they should issue you a new book by post

palmcut

You don't need an LTI book. Once you have a valid LTI number and a valid prescription you can get your medication.

byhookorbycrook

In my part of the world , you do need a book.

echo beach

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

In my part of the world , you do need a book.

After many, many years when the LTI scheme was run by the old Health Boards and their successors in as many different ways as they could think of it has recently been brought under central control so the rules at last are the same all over the country. The only reason you need a physical book is to confirm which 'core list' you are approved for, i.e. your diagnosis. Once the pharmacy knows that and the number and you have a valid prescription for an item on your list then there is no need for the book.
I suspect the reason they keep sending them out instead of issuing a card like they have for GMS or DPS is that somebody somewhere has a contract for printing something that all of HSE management and admin hasn't noticed isn't needed.

Ocean Blue

Around here the need for book is dictated more by prescriber. Some will only write in book, others refuse to handwrite in book.

echo beach

Ocean Blue wrote: »

Around here the need for book is dictated more by prescriber. Some will only write in book, others refuse to handwrite in book.

I can understand the refusal to handwrite in the book. There is no place for handwritten prescriptions in modern medicine except in rare emergency situations. The potential for errors either in writing or in trying to read the prescription is too great and there is no record of what was prescribed and when. It is also difficult, if not impossible, to record what is supplied which is a legal requirement.
I'm more puzzled by why some doctors insist on writing in the book. Habit is the only explanation I can think of.

byhookorbycrook

My scripts are always in the book and the pharmacy stamps and dates the dispension in the book.

echo beach

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

My scripts are always in the book and the pharmacy stamps and dates the dispension in the book.

That is grand where there aren't too many items and there is enough space but there is still a legal requirement for the pharmacy to retain the prescription once it is fully dispensed (i.e. when six months are up) and to retain it in the pharmacy for two years. Short of tearing up the book, that isn't practical if it is handwritten into the book.

LegacyUser

I got my book when I was living in Dublin and have since moved to Laois. Now my local pharmacy won't accept it as it is from a different county and I haven't been able to find out how to change it. Has anyone had this problem and figured it out ?