Patient pressure: GPs warned against writing scripts and referrals outside normal consults
Doctors call on GPs to say ‘no’ when their patients cross the line in asking for referrals and scripts outside a consult
GPs have been urged to push back against increasing pressure from patients to write prescriptions and make referrals outside formal consultations.
The rapid switch to telehealth in the pandemic radically increased patients’ access to doctors through emails and website prescription request services, according to two GP academics.
