Social Media Post

Posted on March 31st, 2020

There appears to be a post circulating on social media in regard to contacting your GP for an ’emergency pack or rescue pack’, if you suffer with either COPD or Asthma, which contains antibiotics and steroids.

The post is innaccurate and dangerous. GP surgeries are not routinely offering these ’emergency packs’. If we do so, the system will collapse and we would be unable to cope with the level of demand it would create. We will run out of essential medication for those who truly need it.

Please could patients request their regular medication as normal.

If people are well, they must not request ’emergency/rescue packs’.

If unwell contact the surgery to recieve a telephone call back from the GP who can make a clinical decision as to whether these treatments are appropriate.

If you think you are showing signs and symptoms of Coronavirus, please self isolate, and contact NHS 111 online.