Glossary · On a clinic or pharmacy

What is a travel letter?

Travel letter

A letter from your clinic confirming what you have been prescribed, for carrying your medicine abroad. Some clinics charge for it.

Where you will see it

In some clinic price lists, as "Travel Letter Fee".

Travelling abroad

Related terms

  • CQC (Care Quality Commission)

    The independent regulator of health and social care in England. All medical cannabis clinics must be registered with the CQC to operate legally.

  • CQC rating

    The Care Quality Commission's verdict on a clinic in England after an inspection: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate. It rates whether the service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.

  • Dispensing pharmacy

    A pharmacy that supplies your medicine against a prescription a clinic has sent it. It cannot supply without one.

  • External pharmacy fee

    A charge some clinics make for sending your prescription to a pharmacy other than the one they normally use.

  • First-year minimum cost

    The directory's own figure: the least you could pay a clinic in fees over your first twelve months, worked out from its price list. Medication is not included, and most patients need more appointments than the minimum.

This is a plain-language definition for general understanding, not medical or legal advice.

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