Patient came in today saying that they’d paid for their prescription through P2U but since it was OOS, they were given the token barcode and advised to just pick it up from another pharmacy? Without a refund? What even?
BREAKING: The government has opted keep prescriptions free for patients aged 60 and over, it has announced.
@DHSCgovuk#prescriptions#pharmacy
https://t.co/e6zRMko9Ru
Boots cutting hours drastically in the past years, Lloyds selling off lots of branches and now ceasing at Sainsbury’s too, Tesco supply chain issues ever-present…wonder why chains are falling off so much…
EXCLUSIVE: C+D has exclusively confirmed that June 13 will mark the end of @LloydsPharmacy services in @sainsburys supermarkets.
https://t.co/uaEy73Vj1t
All medications should be free.
'Outdated, illogical and unfair': the true cost of prescription charges - The Pharmaceutical Journal https://t.co/CnnTnXyDjS
People aged 50-64 will not be eligible for a free #flu jab in the 2023/24 season, under new flu #vaccination plans revealed today
https://t.co/qXj91mt3NI
It bothers me so much that you could do an NMS for something like Fybogel but there’s nothing in place for MH check-ins with patients being initiated on SSRIs/SNRIs
Dear media:
Pharmacists ARE more than qualified enough to carry out clinical services such as supplying antibiotics (if clinically needed!)
It takes us 5 years to qualify. Pharmacy students will even graduate with a prescribing qualification soon.
Stop undermining us.
It’s been announced that patients who need prescription medication will be able to get it directly from a pharmacy, without a GP appointment, for seven common conditions including earache, sore throat, or urinary tract infections.
I'm really happy to see that @Nutricia have made a vegan sip feed!! 1.5kcal/ml.
Called Fortisip plant based.
This will be so helpful for our vegan patients 🥰
Desperately looking for a Prescribing Mentor for IP - wanting to specialise in Mental Health so if anyone can point me in the direction of anyone, it’d be massively appreciated🙂
We neeeeeed some sort of reverse CPCS minor ailments scheme to refer to GP surgeries. Amount of patients who are told to come to pharmacies when they undoubtedly need a POM is staggering