[arachne] Re: [OT] Over worked pharmacists

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Hi Mel,
     Good to see you are still with us.  :)
Just back from Spain ?

On Tue, 3 Apr 2007 09:39:40 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
"arachne4dos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arachne4dos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 
> > On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:35:54 +1000, Ron Clarke wrote:
> >
> >>> Well, if I can't take it with me, I ain't going !
> >
> >> One who accumulates wealth for his old age is wise. One who
> >> still has it when he dies is indeed a fool.
> >
> >   And one who runs out of it BEFORE he dies is the silliest fool ?

> Naah Ron, in the UK you end up on the welfare state, and thanks to our 
> immigration policy, even pharmacists are welcome to arrive here and 
> claim the benefits!

   Perfectly right ! Pharmacists should not be treated as second class citizens.
 
> (Tongue in cheek about pahrmac -- framac --pharmacickle -- Oh b*gger 
> it, chemists as we call them still!  8<]]  
> 
> "Boots the Pharmacist" doesn't quite have the same ring to a Brit as 
> does "Boots the Chemists"  Mind you, we do say things like, " I'll go 
> to the chemists and ask the pharmacist for advice"

    I know, I used to be a Brit.
 
> The great British NHS [National Health Service] is now pretty well 
> stretched out and has finally decided that all the training pharmacists 
> have to go through is wasted if all they do is count out pills, so we 
> are now encouraged to go to the pharmacy for a consultation for "minor 
> ailments", chemists shops now have small consulting rooms where you can 
> go to ask about things like athlete's foot, skin rashes and etc. The 
> pharmacist will check and do even simple standard tests before 
> decidiing to either prescribe or send you off to your GP with a note or 
> phone an appointment for you.

   That has always been the case, in UK as in Oz.  I would trust a pharmacist's 
judgement about drugs and medicines over a simple GP's.

> 
> Remains to be seen if this will improve things for minor stuff or not! 
> You are encouraged to use the same pharmacy as much as possible so that 
> there are records there of any meds you are already on, and nowadays 
> most GP surgeries in fact send your prescription direct to the phramacy 
> of your choice and you collect direct from there, some pharmacies 
> deliver, especially to housebound or disabled patients.)

   Now that would be a good idea.  :)

Regards,
        Ron

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