Optional extra prescribed on it's own
If a base garment is on the first FP10 and the optional extra on a second form, we'll still process this. As long as we've got the information needed to process the items there's no need to have a new prescription written.
Optional extras show as items in their own right.
Any endorsements must be next to the appropriate item. The forms may be referred back is any information is missing.
When an optional extra is on a prescription on its own, no prescription charge should be incurred by the patient. This is because optional extras are no charge items.
The prescription should be endorsed as no charge on the front and the back of the form should be completed as normal.
If the patient usually pays, the form should go in the paid pile as no exemption claim will be made.
Optional extra not specified by the prescriber
Any optional extras must be specifically ordered by the prescriber. You cannot endorse the optional extra.
The prescription must be returned to the prescriber to be amended.