if I wanted something different I should just write the details on the repeat slip before dropping it in to the surgery;
Oh, that's good! My surgery is rubbish about that, I can't change anything on my repeat slip, not even the number of things that I want.
Boots told me that once I got a pre-payment certificate
I don't suppose my Cunning Trick would work as well for you. The trick being to get a 4 month prepayment, then in that 4 months get the doctor to give you medicine for about 8-10 months. Then don't get another certificate until the stock has run down.
My surgery is rubbish about that, I can't change anything on my repeat slip, not even the number of things that I want.
Well, I wouldn't have too much trouble believing that that was a more sensible attitude to drugs than to harmless food products, so perhaps it's dependent on the items being prescribed rather than the surgery? (Or do you get stuff on prescription which is comparable to my gluten-free pizza bases?)
*Nods* I suppose it could depend on what was being prescribed. I gather from the receptionist (who may not have been telling the whole truth for all I know) that they print out the prescription and take it to the doctor who signs it. They can't make any changes, and they won't/don't ask the doctor to make changes.
The stuff I get mostly isn't OTC stuff, and none of it is exactly innocuous, but even the non-repeat stuff isn't very hard to get hold of either: it seems to be quite easy to just say "give me foo", without what I'd think of as a "proper" check that you really should have it. (e.g. "Please give me X specific brand of excema cream" gets the response of "Here you are" not "Do you have excema?" or "Show me the sore patch")
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Oh, that's good! My surgery is rubbish about that, I can't change anything on my repeat slip, not even the number of things that I want.
Boots told me that once I got a pre-payment certificate
I don't suppose my Cunning Trick would work as well for you. The trick being to get a 4 month prepayment, then in that 4 months get the doctor to give you medicine for about 8-10 months. Then don't get another certificate until the stock has run down.
Well, I wouldn't have too much trouble believing that that was a more sensible attitude to drugs than to harmless food products, so perhaps it's dependent on the items being prescribed rather than the surgery? (Or do you get stuff on prescription which is comparable to my gluten-free pizza bases?)
The stuff I get mostly isn't OTC stuff, and none of it is exactly innocuous, but even the non-repeat stuff isn't very hard to get hold of either: it seems to be quite easy to just say "give me foo", without what I'd think of as a "proper" check that you really should have it. (e.g. "Please give me X specific brand of excema cream" gets the response of "Here you are" not "Do you have excema?" or "Show me the sore patch")