I know what you mean about wasted appointments.
After being on pain killers for two years I was given told by a consultant at the hospital that I should be on a stomach protector. She gave me a prescription for some. I took it to my chemist who deal with my repeat prescription and told them to add it to my list.
I got a note on my next repeat prescription from my GP's surgery that if I needed them again I had to go and see a doctor.
Made the appointment, saw the GP, told him why I was there. He looked on his computer at my records, the letter from the consultant had been scanned on to my records saying that she had prescribed them for me, he told me that it was guidelines from NICE that I had to be on them.........what a waste of an appointment when someone who needed to see a doctor could of had it.
Last year I had another note to see a GP before I could have anymore prescriptions. I just can't understand why I had to go. I see the consultant at the hospital, a letter is sent to my GP everytime I go, there is no cure for RA, it is progressive, I am not in remission, so why do I have to waste an appointment, sit in front of my GP on a chair and say I've got RA, here I am, can I have some more tablets please.
Paula
