Our plans to prescribe fewer medicines that can be bought without a prescription What do you think?

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1 I I rth West London Collaboration of Clinical Commissioning Groups Our plans to prescribe fewer medicines that can be bought without a prescription What do you think? 1

2 Prescriptions Prescribe is where your doctor is saying you should have a certain medicine. A prescription is the note your doctor writes to the pharmacist. The NHS pays for medicines that are prescribed. Some people pay towards the cost of their prescription. Some people don t have to pay. You can only get most medicines if you have a prescription. But there are some medicines that you can buy yourself from a pharmacist. 2

3 Our plans We want doctors in rth West London to prescribe fewer medicines that people could buy themselves. We want doctors to: Ask you if they would be able to buy the medicine themselves Give you a leaflet about buying medicines yourself But doctors should carry on prescribing medicines for these people even if the medicine could be bought from the pharmacist: School age children who need to take the medication when they are at school People who live in care homes Homeless people People with learning disabilities 3

4 octors shouldn t usually prescribe these things: Things to stop you sweating Things to put in your bath Medicines for indigestion Medicines for coughs and colds Creams for piles Herbal remedies Salts to use if you have had diarrhoea Things to help get rid of hair Treatments for warts and verrucas Gels for babies new teeth rinks or tonics that pick-meup Travel sickness tablets 4

5 Our plan We want doctors to: Ask patients if they will buy the medicines. The patients can say yes or no If they say no the doctor will give them a prescription. Help any patient to get a medicine that they need We don t want doctors to: Stop prescribing any medicine Ask any patient about how much money they have 5

6 How will this affect people? We want to know if this plan will have a bad effect on certain people. Please let us know what you think by answering these questions. People on a low income Will this make things worse for people on a low income? If you ticked please say why, 6

7 People of different ages Will this plan make things worse for people of different ages? - it might be children, younger adults or older people. If you ticked please say why People with a disability Will this plan make things worse for people with a disability? If you ticked please say why r 7

8 People who have changed their gender Will this plan make things worse for people who have changed their gender? If you ticked please say why r Women who are pregnant or who have just had a baby Will this plan make things worse for people who are pregnant or who have just had a baby? If you ticked please say why r 8

9 People of different races or ethnic backgrounds Will this plan make things worse for people of different races or ethnic backgrounds?, o If you ticked please say why People of different religious beliefs Will this plan make things worse for people of different religious beliefs? If you ticked please say why r 9

10 People of different sexes Will this plan make things worse for people because they are a man or because they are a woman? If you ticked please say why r People of different sexual orientations Will this plan make things worse for people because they are gay or straight? If you ticked please say why r 10

11 About you Which group, if any, do you represent? r Only answer the next 2 questions if you want to. We ask for this information so we can get back to you if we need to check that we understand something that you have written. Your name Contact details, 11

12 More about you What is your age? -. o.,... fj s Under Prefer not to say What is your gender? Male Female Prefer not to say 12

13 Are you Bisexual Heterosexual/ Straight Gay/ Lesbian Other Prefer not to say o you have a disability or long term health condition? Prefer not to say If you ticked, please say what disability or long term health condition you have 13

14 oes your child have a disability or long term health condition? Prefer not to say If you ticked, please say what disability or long term health condition they have Are you Married Widowed Single ivorced Separated Prefer not to say 14

15 What is your religion or belief? Buddhist Hindu Jewish Sikh Christian Jain Muslim religion Prefer not to say What is your ethnic group? Asian Bangladeshi Indian Chinese Pakistani Sri Lankan or Tamil Other, please say 15

16 Black African Caribbean Somalian Other, please say White - White British Polish Irish Gypsy or Irish Traveller Other, please say 16

17 Mixed race White and Black Caribbean White and Black African White and Asian Other, please say Other ethnic group, please say 17

18 Thank you Thank you for telling us what you think. Please now send your completed form to: Post: Freepost Healthier rthwest London Friday 15 September You need to send your form back to us by 15 September More information If you need more information please contact us on: Easy read by easy-read-online.co.uk 18