Hi Ayesha, I'm sorry you're having to fight this battle. I understand your intention to experiment to see if you can manage without the cream but personally I can't & I don't think you should have to. I was prescribed both the weaker Estriol cream (0.01%) & Vagifem to use together 8 or so years ago by a very good specialist nurse at an NHS menopause clinic & still use both now. However, I later had a similar problem with a Cons Gynae who didn't understand that the Estriol cream was for use on the vulva & the Vagifem internally, as the effects of Vagifem can be very localised.
If you don't have a copy of the clinic letter detailing this:-
my gynaecologist had prescribed Vagifem & Estriol to be used daily
I suggest you ask admin at your surgery to look it up in your records & let you have one. You could also ask them to show it to the GP who's not confident prescribing both together. Once you have a copy of your own you can also produce it should the same situation arise at any time in the future. If they can't trace the letter in your recs (this sometimes happens with stuff at my surgery), you could ring the Gynae's sec & ask for copies to be sent to you & your surgery.
I'm sorry it's a faff to have to do any of this & it's tiresome we should have to be our own advocates in this way, but you will also be educating the GP for future dealings with any other patients in your situation.
I hope you manage to get the cream reinstated.
Wx