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MissTechnophobe

MissTechnophobe

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As some may (or may not know) for some unknown reason us lucky folks in sunny Huncoat (Village that is) are getting a new pharmacy. Now don't get me started on this rant.

Well it is due to open on Monday and today when I went to the postbox I noticed they were stocking up the shelves in readiness.

Well my partner, on his way home from work, called at the shop to get some milk and guess what? Its been burgled already!

Well I guess it wouldn't take long, after all it is only a house converted into a shop, there is no proper roller shutter door and no camera installed. Apparently the Police were at the shop because he has CCTV installed.

Now I can't personally see the point of this pharmacy. If I need a prescription I go into town. If I run out of shampoo/paracetamol/calpol, I go to the shop.

They close down the Post Office and then open a pharmacy. yes I know they are two different businesses in two different (slightly different locations, about 5 doors away from each other) but if a PO can't survive, what hope does a chemist have?

Ok rant over. Thank you for reading.
 
Because you have to be sick to live in Huncoat so they know they're on to a good thing.
 
Was just going to say hope they have got roller shutters but a bit late if the burgulary has already happened
 
Oh come on even burglars get sick and need medication sometimes, we don't want the poor sauls havng to go into town to get a prescription filled do we, bless:D
 
Could it not be helpful for elderly people and disabled people who may struggle to get into town?
Just a thought.
And we aren't all scum people!
We live in Huncoat,right at the top near Burnley Road and have never had a problem the 8 years i've lived here.
 
Loz said:
Could it not be helpful for elderly people and disabled people who may struggle to get into town?
Just a thought.
And we aren't all scum people!
We live in Huncoat,right at the top near Burnley Road and have never had a problem the 8 years i've lived here.
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Many chemists provide a free prescription delivery service and you don't have to be housebound to get it.
So I can't see that this pharmacy will survive even 1 year of trading.
 
[email protected] said:
Many chemists provide a free prescription delivery service and you don't have to be housebound to get it.
So I can't see that this pharmacy will survive even 1 year of trading.
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Quite right Margaret, I've had mine delivered since I stoped driving 13 years ago, can't think that the busness will last that long without the burglaries:rolleyes:
 
Benipete said:
How will burglaries help to keep it open?:confused::confused:
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Being cynical, I would suggest that they claim that more stuff went missing than did.
But then - insurance fraud is not the way to run a business and I am NOT suggesting that the owners have done or will do that.
 
Could do quite well, particularly if near to a doctor's surgery. Only one down here in Clayton, and always busy with people carrying prescriptions, and buying other items whilst in there.

Rotten luck though re. the burglary... :(
 
Is there a doctor in Huncoat? If so then I see the point. We had a pharmacy in Ormerod Street but it closed down ages aho.

I went to the doctor last week - Accrington Pals - and took my two prescriptions to the pharmacy there. They couldn't give me either. Told me that one was no longer available and that the other would have to be ordered and they didn't know how long it would take.

I took them both back upstairs to the reception, told her my problem. She made a few phone calls and ascertained that Lloyds in Peel Street had the 'totally unavailable' item currently in stock and could get me the other one by the following morning! Why is the pharmacy within the medical centre so inefficient in comparison to a town centre pharmacy?
 
when i went there the other day (PALS) they told me in the chemistthat they were just settling in and werenmt fully stocked yet, i wanted something simple (that would usually have been on display)and they had to get it out of a cupboard for me. I think it will get better once they are settled.
 
Not having it in stock due to relocating I can understand. It was telling me point blank that one item was unavailable because it was no longer being produced which I find hard to accept. When I took my prescriptions back upstairs to discuss with the receptionist what I should do, the nurse who had seen me along with the doctor was passing through and I told her that I couldn't get the tablets as they were no longer being produced and she said rubbish as they have a lot of patients on the same repeat prescription! Now giving me false information in the pharmacy is just not acceptable. I was extremely disappointed in that.
 
katex said:
Could do quite well, particularly if near to a doctor's surgery. Only one down here in Clayton, and always busy with people carrying prescriptions, and buying other items whilst in there.

Rotten luck though re. the burglary... :(
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I sometimes use a pharmacy next door to my doctor.
It is quite amazing how long they take to dispense a prescription, even if you are the only one waiting.
I am convinced that they deliberately go slow, so that you will be tempted to browse and buy off their shelves out of sheer boredom.
 
i think it would be just as useful forpeople that cant go into town as fast as people with cars.
or for the elderly peope.
 
the pharmacy in the pals building is actually "Bentleys" which was across from Peel House, which closed n moved yon, i was not aware n trailed from the pals up to the old one which was shut, had a notice in window saying they had moved, so a very annoyed cashy trailed back n said do ya not think it would have been a good idea to tell yer regulars ya were moving? especially the ones that have collect the stuff from you, they replied there has been a notice on our window fer a couple of weeks before we moved, i said if you approach from avenue parade etc you dont even see that window as its past your enterance and about 5 ft in the air, plus even if i did i would not have seen it, cos i collect my stuff monthly as most people do, they didn't seem that interested, so cashy just thought STUFF YOU n i will go elsewhere in future. think the one up huncoat is on iffy ground, can't see it suceeding, hope it does but.....
 
I can recommend Boots. :) They are really good and if you have a repeat prescription they order it and everything. All you have to do is go and collect it from the chemist every month.
 
WillowTheWhisp said:
I can recommend Boots. :) They are really good and if you have a repeat prescription they order it and everything. All you have to do is go and collect it from the chemist every month.
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I have reduced my prescription meds down to paracetemol only, by using alternative medicine, and I don't feel the need for any painkiller very often, so I no longer use the prescription delivery service.
Once when I did, Lloyds did let me down and I was without painkillers for a weekend.
I have heard that Boots is excellent - well done Lindsay
 
[email protected] said:
I sometimes use a pharmacy next door to my doctor.
It is quite amazing how long they take to dispense a prescription, even if you are the only one waiting.
I am convinced that they deliberately go slow, so that you will be tempted to browse and buy off their shelves out of sheer boredom.
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Compared with the hospital pharmacy Margarat I bet her're like Speedy Gonezarles:rolleyes:
 
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