Chemist Charge For Delivery

[HongKongphooey]

My elderly mother 82, gets all her prescriptions delivered from our local Pharmacy, she isn't in great health so gets quite a few scripts over the year. and she pays £1 for each delivery.
I have another elderly friend of 87 who also has her prescriptions delivered but her chemist delivers it free. She's recently moved to another part of her town, and her new Chemist delivers free also. She is quite insistant that my mum shouldn't have to pay for prescriptions to be delivered, as if Mum's chemist is deliberately defrauding her. My mum doesn;t mind paying £1 each time, its not alot and it saves her having to try and get up town. (she has very limited mobility) But my elderly friend is convinced the chemist is breaking the law by charging deliveries. This friend is a re-tired school mistress and can be quite forthright about things!! I suppose it does add up over a year, but I really don't think its worth an investigation by the serious fraud squad. What do other answerbankers think?

[Maydup]

^^^ varies

[EDDIE51]

Another point is that in rural areas where there are few chemists shops , some GPs can dispense medicines direct from the surgery. They are known as dispensing doctors . You see the doc then go to the reception and collect your prescription , my doctor has 2 surgeries, one in a village 5 miles outside the town , if I go to the village one I get the prescription there and then.

[ToraToraTora]

not breaking the law, they can charge to deliver if they like.

[dannyk13]

My prescriptions are delivered by Lloyd's free of charge.

[gingejbee]

I suspect that pharmacy chains (they're NOT chemists!) like Boots, Superdrug and Lloyds don't charge as a way of "upping" their dispensing business....whereas independent pharmacies may charge because they need to (partially) cover the cost of delivering.