Hi,
Throwaway account for this,
I went private through CareADHD. They’re a registered RTC provider in my local authority. I paid for the assessment, got the diagnosis, and have been titrated.
I prompted CareADHD to start the SCA with my GP approximately a month ago after ringing my GP and then confirming verbally they do accept SCA for private patients. A week ago I rang my GP to prompt them on the progress of this. A couple of hours later the SCA was accepted by my GP, and I received an email by CareADHD saying that SCA was accepted. 🎉
I was then told that the medication review would happen on the 29th. I rang on the evening of and the GP has said that CareADHD needs to make amendments to the SCA as the prescriber believes that they do not fall into my local (mid/west yorks) authority prescribing guidelines.
I sent them an email shortly afterwards, and this morning I received an email saying that SCA had been declined. Rang my GP again and they’ve been amenable and have mentioned that they haven’t declined - they’re requesting CareADHD to amend their SCA and waiting on that amendment. I’ve since rang CareADHD who said they’ll get back to me regarding this.
However, I literally can’t get anyone to tell me why it doesn’t meet the prescribing guidelines. CareADHD won’t tell me nor my GP. They won’t forward me the email/they need permission from other parties (who?) to do so. I can see on my record from the GP that they’re awaiting CareADHD’s response, but I’m conscious CareADHD might just wash their hands of this given their automatic decline.
I’m skeptical it might be because I’m a private patient; however my GP accepted and signed the SCA but the prescriber did not, which makes me think otherwise. Furthermore - how can the prescribing SCA for both RTC/private patients possibly differ?
Wondering if anyone else has experienced this or can offer any advice on the matter. I can envision this being an absolute bureaucratic nightmare of back and forth between two organisations and my worst fear is that the surgery outright declines it going forward. Feel like it might be a case of same destination, different roads when I’m inevitably told to go through RTC - which they’ve already prefaced is an option through their decline emails.
Any advice is appreciated. Many thanks