A new subject, 'ART and the Ash Crisis'

Monday, April 19, 2010     

Some people will be stranded in this country with out an adequate supply of Anti Retrovirals.

I spoke to Simon Barton at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and they are aware of the problem. The advice from C&W is that any foreign nationals who are short of medication should contact the clinic and get an appointment with any HIV Specialist.

C&W will issue a two week prescription at cost. The pharmacy department will then dispense one weeks worth and charge the cost price for the drugs, the clinic will not charge for the consultations. If the patient is still stuck in the UK after the first week the pharmacy will then dispense the second weeks supply and again charge the patient the cost price for the medication.

Patients should be able to get a similar service from other clinics but it requires the clinic to have at least one Doctor who is insured to issue private prescriptions as they will not be covered by the NHS insurance.

Other clinics should not charge a consultancy fee to see foreign patients although they can do so if they wish.

I will continue to contact individual clinics and update this information as more information becomes available.

Reference; http://www.ukcab.net/forum/index.php?topic=867.new#new