Health Boards
Sun-04-03-2018, 13:55 PM
I would think you dermatologist should be able to advise on this, and maybe they can write to the relevant health authority in advance to try and make it a smooth transition.
The different health authorities within the uk are pretty much separate entities and if you move from one to another they have to write to the new health authority to get continuation of treatment and organise the transition. But it’s ultimately up to the new health authority you are moving to, and their polices as to what treatment they want you on.
They all follow the NICE pathways, where you try one treatment after another before you get to the biologics so if you have records to show you’ve done methotrexate, cyclo etc this might help.
I think this is how it works anyway, that’s the experience I’ve had..
The different health authorities within the uk are pretty much separate entities and if you move from one to another they have to write to the new health authority to get continuation of treatment and organise the transition. But it’s ultimately up to the new health authority you are moving to, and their polices as to what treatment they want you on.
They all follow the NICE pathways, where you try one treatment after another before you get to the biologics so if you have records to show you’ve done methotrexate, cyclo etc this might help.
I think this is how it works anyway, that’s the experience I’ve had..