Writing a script is rarely just a five-minute job, it requires established relationships and a knowledge of patient history, writes Dr Ramya Raman.
From the outside, a repeat prescription can look like a five-minute administrative task: patient comes in, a few clicks, a signature, job done.
Inside the consulting room, it’s something else entirely. Safe prescribing draws on years of training, a deep knowledge of a person’s history and risks and, most importantly, the trust and rapport built over time with their GP and family.
That diagnostic triad represents the quiet engine room of our...
From the outside, a repeat prescription can look like a five-minute administrative task: patient comes in, a few clicks, a signature, job done.
Inside the consulting room, it’s something else entirely. Safe prescribing draws on years of training, a deep knowledge of a person’s history and risks and, most importantly, the trust and rapport built over time with their GP and family.
That diagnostic triad represents the quiet engine room of our...
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