Newsbot Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Community pharmacies which will help patients with minor ailments are introduced on the island. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/6565985.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahc Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Very interesting. Would have been more interesting if it had said which pharmacies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Your government does try to get the message out Latest news at http://www.gov.im/ Full information at http://www.gov.im/lib/news/dhss/communitypharmac.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I wonder if the new pharmacy on Corkill's forecourt might be included - it certainly has a very well-known pharmacist setting it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Haven't they been doing this already for years and years? I think they really mean - 'Hey you! Yes, you moron! Stop going up to casualty and wasting valuable resources when you've just got a headache, stomach-ache, or toothache' etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I wonder if the new pharmacy on Corkill's forecourt might be included - it certainly has a very well-known pharmacist setting it up. I'd heard that, must be true then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman8180 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Haven't they been doing this already for years and years? That's what I thought AT. Haven't been to the quack for years. A good pharmacist is mor likely to have the latest info on modern medicines and special remedies. Like drinking flat coke to stop the vomitting bug - genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 A good pharmacist is mor likely to have the latest info on modern medicines But some of these are prescription only so you have to visit a GP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Its easier and quicker to see a pharmacist first, if he/she thinks you need a Doctor, they will say so, but if not you haven't wasted half a day at the GP's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Flynn Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Counter prescribing has been the domain of pharmacists since the year dot. The present NHS scheme covers treatment for dental pain, vaginal thrush, impetigo, cystitis and conjunctivitis but the pharmacist will give professional advice on a much wider range of common ailments and will recommend a visit to the doctor if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I get most annoyed with people who waste doctors time with things they can get from a chemist. The NHS is partially to blame though, as an example my boss goes to the doctors to get piriton (a nasal thing for hayfever) this can be bought at the chemist for £6.99 (I made that price up) but if you go and get it from the doctor you pay £2.50 (another made up cost for NHS prescriptions). If the doctor told her to goto the chemist and buy the piriton she wouldn't keep wasting his time in her attempt to save £4.49, which is false economy given the time of her own she wastes (the phone call, the wait at the docs, the trip to the docs and then the chemist) A&E sloaths annoy me too, a boy I used to work with was having a game of cards with his missus and she flicked him in the eye with a card....3 days later his eye was sore so he went to A&E. how provoking! Oh soooo 'The Chemist' returns to chemisting, must be more money in it than property development.....or its less hassle for the wife, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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