Dear Parents / Carers

You have requested the GP to prescribe a medicine that should usually be purchased over the counter. We understand that the reason for your request is so that the medicine can be administerd to your child whilst they are at school.

The NHS in Milton Keynes has notified schools and nurseries that their policies should not require parents and carers to ask GPs for prescriptions of medicines that can be bought over the counter. As long as the school has your written permission to administer the medicine and it is left at school in the original container that it came in, then they should be willing to give it.

In addition, in line with guidance from Public Health England and the Royal College of General Practice it is not necessary for schools and nurseries to exclude children with conjunctivitis (pink eye) nor for them to receive antibiotic drops.

Thefeore we are sorry that we are unable to provide this medicine on prescription.

St Nicholas Health Centre Protocol: Dental Problems

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2017-06-08

janet corbett

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