Many of you know I have my prescriptions from Gender GP and recently I’ve been having prescription issues with the paper prescriptions where when I try to get the prescription fulfilled, and yet again I have prescription woes.
Today I taken a CLYNXX prescription, which is a digital prescription, to the local pharmacy at Tesco. They have filled my last five prescriptions and when I presented this digital one over she printed my digital prescription out and then questioned the validity of this prescription. Back to validity again!!!!
Apparently, Tesco pharmacy have been told not to fill prescriptions where the prescribing doctor is not a UK doctor.
The pharmacist at my local Tesco is usually very good and she said she would check this because it has come from the CLYNXX system there should not be an issue with filling this prescription but they have been told not to fulfil prescriptions from overseas doctors. No i’m worried!
However I am getting a little bit pissed off with the attitude I get from pharmacies regarding my private prescription and I do wonder why I don’t just buy my drugs on the black market. It would be easier that’s for sure.
I know buying things on the black market is a crapshoot but at least I will not have to put up with all the petty bureaucracy. You know “you can’t do this”, “you shouldn’t be doing this”, “the NHS says this”, etc.
If my doctors actually took over a care of duty towards me that I would not have such a shit every quarter to get my prescriptions fulfilled.
This is a whole can of worms that I don’t want to get into at the moment, as my doctors have metaphorically washed their hands of dealing with Trans issues.
I know some people might say,” oh you should wait for the NHS”
Well I’ve already been waiting 3 years and still haven’t actually seen a consultant yet.
With luck, I might not have to wait more than another 3 years to see the NHS specialist. Then my Doctors might think about taking over care of duty of my prescriptions like they have done for my blood tests.
I sometimes think the NHS would be quite happy for me to go back to being a depressive barely functional human being again!
This isn’t about money, this isn’t about being able to see a consultant, or even getting my prescriptions fulfilled. Its also about the constant changing, and dare I say blocking of trans people’s right to care and prescribing drugs, even when their getting private prescriptions and PAYING FOR THEM THEMSELVES.
I await to see whether or not I can get my prescription fulfilled and in the meantime, yet again, I despair at the medical and pharmaceutical profession!
Time will tell on this one and hopefully I get my prescription fulfilled in a timely fashion.
