Transferring of Private Prescriptions to NHS Prescriptions - Following a Private Referral

Patients seen privately should usually have any medication or treatment intervention provided privately as part of that episode of care. The private Clinician recommending a medicine should provide a private prescription.

Patients who request to be referred privately are expected to pay the full cost of any treatment they receive in relation to the ‘episode of care’ that is provided privately, this includes any: consultation fees, drugs prescribed or treatment provided by a Clinician in the course of a private consultation should be funded by the patient. This also includes any associated investigations/tests required (including IVF).

In certain situations we may be able to prescribe some medications recommended privately via the NHS however in order to do so we need to know the indications for each drug and any relevant results we need a detailed clinic letter from the specialist recommending these medications. We are not able to prescribe without a clinic letter. Please be aware, therefore, that private prescriptions submitted without a full clinic letter will be automatically rejected- if the medications are needed prior to a clinic letter being available they will need to be obtained privately. If you are unsure about the urgency with which the medication is required please liaise with your private specialist- again we cannot advise on whether medications are urgent until we have a full clinic letter detailing why they are required and the indication. 

We will only transfer if the drug is appropriate for GP use  and on the Surrey Heartlands ICB formulary.