tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post1890883391863797764..comments2024-03-29T13:25:33.439+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Pill queueA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-68382443757041030342015-09-03T10:04:56.296+01:002015-09-03T10:04:56.296+01:00Sam - I've seen it here immediately after open...Sam - I've seen it here immediately after opening, but only two addicts and it was "down the hatch" and off. Probably common but I've never seen it later on in the day.<br /><br />Mac - I use two Boots branches and both are much the same, they stick to their procedures but they do work. We live in a small town and Boots pharmacies are closely linked to local medical centres which may be an advantage with respect to stock control. I can't see either of them borrowing stock from a rival though.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-13260679156596694532015-09-03T09:57:43.512+01:002015-09-03T09:57:43.512+01:00I have several times encountered items being out o...I have several times encountered items being out of stock from a multiple prescription and I do have a certain sympathy for Mrs Anxious - Boots' procedure and policy does seem to vary from branch to branch and sometimes the staff can be frustratingly unsympathetic; not helpful when 'just-in-time' prescribing means any delay can leave patients without essential medication.<br /><br />Part of the problem is that you can't split a prescription so one pharmacy must complete it all. If it is urgent, some are happy to give it back and let you try elsewhere; others (such as my in-laws' local branch) try to hang on to it like a dog with a bone and insist on filling part of it and making you wait for the rest - I've had both with different branches of Boots (All this assumes that they have checked availability when you hand it it - some don't, so you only discover the shortfall when you collect.)<br /><br />In my local branch, the response was 'here's what we have; we'll get the other on Monday if you are able to wait' (rather poetically, the follow-up item had a label attached saying 'This completes the owing') but in my parent's home town, the pharmacist popped out the back and borrowed the missing tablets from the rival chemist next door; "We'll order another box and give it to them when it comes, dear"- I'm sure it's strictly against the rules but that's small town life!<br /><br />Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-70519266470571750472015-09-02T20:50:24.819+01:002015-09-02T20:50:24.819+01:00The last time I visited the pharmacy in Boots I wa...The last time I visited the pharmacy in Boots I was somewhat taken aback by a group of (I assume) heroin addicts who were collecting (I assume) their methadone prescriptions. I suppose Boots is the logical place for this, but they were quite a little social club; noisy greetings, high fives, and slightly slurred chat. Then it was "down the hatch" like knocking back shorts, while little old ladies waited patiently for their medicines.<br /><br />I'm not a regular. This was in Winchester. Does it happen everywhere? Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com