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On trial at chemist

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Steff

Steff

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Went to get my strips and anti ds this morning was handed the bag of meds and chemist woman said have you got time to see the pharmacist I was worried said am i in bother lol
Anyways turns out it was just a load of questions about my current meds if i take them and how im getting on with them never had that before but apperently it needs to be done twice a year
 
Steff said:
Went to get my strips and anti ds this morning was handed the bag of meds and chemist woman said have you got time to see the pharmacist I was worried said am i in bother lol
Anyways turns out it was just a load of questions about my current meds if i take them and how im getting on with them never had that before but apperently it needs to be done twice a year
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Lol that's called a prescription review. The pharmacist gets paid to do them. There is no rule what so ever that you have to do this at all.
 
Pumper_Sue said:
Lol that's called a prescription review. The pharmacist gets paid to do them. There is no rule what so ever that you have to do this at all.
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Oh dam so if i had not done it i would of caught the start of jeremy kyle lol x
 
Yes no rule for having to have them Steff. I get asked every time.
I also got asked to participate in a monitoring scheme when I went to collect my Byetta. They said they are monitoring people on new meds. I politely declined.
 
I got caught once with that one Steff. only the once!!!! lol

.... then when I picked up my newly prescribed metformin the chemist asked me to come back after a week for a review 😱 and said I could join some scheme whereby I could ring up the chemist if the metformin was causing problems and discuss it with them!!! I declined and she 'humphed' at me and scribbled something on my signed prescription.

obviously if I have problems with my metformin I will ask you lot :D😉
 
The latest thing at my pharmacy (a Boots) is the staff asking if you are online then giving a website address and asking customers to fill out a Customer Satisfaction form identifying the member of staff who served you and telling the customers which box to tick i.e. very good/excellent! :D Very cheeky, I thought! I wasn't asked to fll out the form...🙄
 
When I was first prescribed insulin and collected it from the pharmacy they asked if they could give me a call in week to see how I was getting on, I naively thought they cared not that it was a new revenue stream for them!!!
 
robofski said:
When I was first prescribed insulin and collected it from the pharmacy they asked if they could give me a call in week to see how I was getting on, I naively thought they cared not that it was a new revenue stream for them!!!
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I think it can be a good idea for a lot of people. Sometimes people are taking lots of meds and may not be aware/remember that the doc told them that they need to be taken at certain times, or that they couldn't eat grapefruit or use potassium salt etc. I had one about two months after diagnosis and it was reassuring to know that I knew all about the 11 meds I was taking back then! (Now down to 1, plus insulin 🙂)
 
They've bee doing these reviews for several years now...

And I'm not sure why people get offended by them:confused:

The are very useful on several levels...

When it comes to contradictions between medications, side-effects etc, the pharmacist is probably more knowledgeable than a GP... If problems arise with side-effects they have a good idea about alternatives that do the same job...

They also have the time to explain all this information and discuss it all with the customer, where a doctor hasn't, and the pharmacist can also go through the correct details of how to take the medication prescribed etc...

But there's been other benefits, such as identifying how much medication is prescribed and not taken by the patient! As the patient is more likely to honest with the Pharmacist about if they are taking prescribed medication correctly or if at all!

Yes the pharmacist is paid for their time but they aren't employed by the NHS, and it's the NHS that makes the most use of the information provided and makes the savings....

And if you happen to be suffering a side effect from the medication you'll taking, it's the pharmacist will fill in the yellow card to notify the NHS, where a GP might change your medication but not fill out the yellow card!
 
Ellie Jones said:
They've bee doing these reviews for several years now...

And I'm not sure why people get offended by them:confused:

The are very useful on several levels...

When it comes to contradictions between medications, side-effects etc, the pharmacist is probably more knowledgeable than a GP... If problems arise with side-effects they have a good idea about alternatives that do the same job...

They also have the time to explain all this information and discuss it all with the customer, where a doctor hasn't, and the pharmacist can also go through the correct details of how to take the medication prescribed etc...

But there's been other benefits, such as identifying how much medication is prescribed and not taken by the patient! As the patient is more likely to honest with the Pharmacist about if they are taking prescribed medication correctly or if at all!

Yes the pharmacist is paid for their time but they aren't employed by the NHS, and it's the NHS that makes the most use of the information provided and makes the savings....

And if you happen to be suffering a side effect from the medication you'll taking, it's the pharmacist will fill in the yellow card to notify the NHS, where a GP might change your medication but not fill out the yellow card!
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Luckily my pharmacy is run by my GP surgery, however that means the pharmacist is just a dispensing pharmacist and not qualified to anything like the level required to give medical advice.

In my experience GPs look up drugs, when prescribing, on their computer and get given warnings about drug interactions so unless the GP makes a mistake there should be no need for anyone to question a prescription. If a patient has side-effect then the GP should investigate, the pharmacist has a very limited view of the patients history (if any).

The last few times I have had to use a chemist based pharmacy for a prescription, it was leave it with us and come back in an hour or 2 for collection. The pharmacist had no time to talk and in fact you only saw a member of staff.

So I would be annoyed at the intrusion and amount of time required for this 'survey' and I would be extremely upset if they started trying to tell me to switch to a different medication.
 
Yes the pharmacist is paid for their time but they aren't employed by the NHS, and it's the NHS that makes the most use of the information provided and makes the savings....
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The NHS pays the pharmacist for this service. Seem to remember the figure of ?100/patient mentioned.

I had a run in earlier this year with an over enthusiastic pharmacist 😡
He didn't understand the word no.
 
Not something I have come across, but my pharmacist has been brilliant, always able to answer questions that even the DSN's/Dr's haven't and I wouldn't mind if she asked me to do one of these. Not sure if it happens in Scotland though.
 
I've so far managed to avoid having this done to me 🙂

Although I don't expect it to be a problem - there are at least 10 chemists within a mile and a half of my house.
 
My pharmacy asked me once, I agreed. But she couldn't work the PC, so it never got done. I haven't been asked again 🙂
 
It would make me laugh like a drain actually, bearing in mind where you stand at their counter, is 6ft from the surgey waiting room. The benefit of this is of course if Dr Bloggs has made a hash of your scrip Mr Pharmacist can go and wait outside his door, then dive in before he gets the chance to call another patient .... But he always asks when it's a new one - eg I probably don't need to ask but has Dr Bloggs explained 'you shouldn't eat grapefruit with this' or whatever it is.

And he always has time for you when you NEED him to eg lend you a vial of insulin or strips (pending repeat scrip you forgot to order) or whatever it is ....

They are hellishly more knowledgeable about drugs than any GP frankly.

And if you need a side-effect reporting - you can do that online yourself now! - without seeing a doctor or anyone else.

http://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/
 
Worth free registration with the BNF British National Formulary (bnf.org) which will give you details of all NHS prescribable items.
 
there is no way I would trust my local chemists...... they can't even get my repeat prescriptions right half of the time..... I'm sure they haven't had any training ..... if I ask a question half of them look at me like I am speaking Greek!!!
 
i never had a review from my chemist and myself and a few locals are in first name terms with those at my local chemist. they are very polite and chatty i would have no problems asking for help from them and the always greet with a smile and have a laugh with them of they are not too busy🙂
 
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