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Abolish The Ban On The Purchase Of Prescription Only Medication.
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Can’t get to see a GP, they are under their desk or On the golf course with Covid isolation. I know what I need, I know how to use it, but cannot acquire without prescription. I will pay, I want to pay, but can’t. Blocked seeing a GP. Blocked getting the medication. Options? Suffer, try alternatives? Done that. Can’t even buy antibiotic cream….cruel and unjustified. Things need to change.
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The NHS seems to be lauded mainly by people who don't have to use it. Anybody needing it for anything other than a packet of Aspirin (and even that would be difficult where I live if you couldn't buy them over the counter) knows that it is completely inadequate. It is not the envy of the world - it never has been. No other developed country runs a State health service...
22:43 Fri 18th Mar 2022
"No other developed country runs a State health service on the NHS model". From what we discover of other developed countries' health services that can only be because the masses don't know what they are missing while the rich use their chump change to get what they want and don't notice any issues. The concept of an obligatory state health insurance and a service that (in this case falsely, unfortunately) claims to be free, is clearly a prerequisite for any adequate health system.
I know, danny. That was the point I was making. The people I'm talking about don't have to pay for prescriptions so go to the doctor because it saves them paying out of their own pocket - even though over the counter medication is often just pennies. For example 16 Ibuprofen tablets in Tesco cost 39 pence.
Corby, //You're saying that some folk make an appointment to get a prescription for normal dose ibuprofen tablets? //
No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying some people make an appointment to get medication free of charge. If someone has a long-term condition that requires painkillers, fair enough, but very often they don't. They just want it for nothing.
No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying some people make an appointment to get medication free of charge. If someone has a long-term condition that requires painkillers, fair enough, but very often they don't. They just want it for nothing.
David, I don't know if this might help, but when we have clients who may possibly need a prescription and don't have econsult, we write a note with their name and address at the top, a description of the problem and one of our mobile numbers.... and leave that in the repeat prescription box.
They always ring back within a day or so with either advice or a prescription to collect. Less hassle than phoning.
They always ring back within a day or so with either advice or a prescription to collect. Less hassle than phoning.
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