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- Thread starter MissTechnophobe
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I don't think it's a such a bad idea taking the conveniently over priced paper shop into account.
It's a good idea for people that find it difficult to get into town or aren't able to arrange to have their medication delivered, or for folk that just prefer to go into the shop to get it themselves.
Personally i'd prefer a walk down into the village for meds than having to make my way into the town centre, saves me money on fuel.
It's just a pity the owners haven't been able to sort out sufficient CCTV etc!
It's a good idea for people that find it difficult to get into town or aren't able to arrange to have their medication delivered, or for folk that just prefer to go into the shop to get it themselves.
Personally i'd prefer a walk down into the village for meds than having to make my way into the town centre, saves me money on fuel.
It's just a pity the owners haven't been able to sort out sufficient CCTV etc!
Compared with the hospital pharmacy Margarat I bet her're like Speedy Gonezarles
I work in hospital pharmacy and although your prescriptions can take a while its usually down to workload, patients always think that if there's only a couple of you in the waiting room then thats all there is to be done. I assure you its not the case, most people drop off their script and go for a brew its not unusual to have 10 or more prescriptions in front of yours and only 2 technicians to dispense for out-patients. Believe me we try our best
I think you should read the thread on my hospital experiance grego, and the new system they have in place for discharging patients, in short i was dumped off the ward and in the amblance departure lounge, waiting for my TTOs for four and a half hours, I hope you can see my pointI work in hospital pharmacy and although your prescriptions can take a while its usually down to workload, patients always think that if there's only a couple of you in the waiting room then thats all there is to be done. I assure you its not the case, most people drop off their script and go for a brew its not unusual to have 10 or more prescriptions in front of yours and only 2 technicians to dispense for out-patients. Believe me we try our best
Thanks for the vote of confidence chaps ! We do try our best to have the stock and if we haven't got it we can usually get it by the following day !
To All you cynics out there
As the owner of Huncoat Pharmacy, i would just like to say the following
The shop was not robbed - it was a handbag theft
The shop has fully fitted CCTV and linked alarms and roller shutters
The shop has exceeded its 1st month targets (thank you to all the people whom support it)
As a village amenity you should all be supporting it!!
There is a need for the Pharmacy - the Primary Care Trust Agreed and no other chemist appealed against the decision to open a Pharmacy in Huncoat.
We do offer a fully collection and delivery service from all local surgeries - to save you the hassle of going into accrington
& for all the elderly/disabled people this is of great benefit
Thanks you for the support Elusive
Miss Technophobe - maybe you should try us - you dont know what we have to offer until you try!!!
I will keep you posted on any further updates
As the owner of Huncoat Pharmacy, i would just like to say the following
The shop was not robbed - it was a handbag theft
The shop has fully fitted CCTV and linked alarms and roller shutters
The shop has exceeded its 1st month targets (thank you to all the people whom support it)
As a village amenity you should all be supporting it!!
There is a need for the Pharmacy - the Primary Care Trust Agreed and no other chemist appealed against the decision to open a Pharmacy in Huncoat.
We do offer a fully collection and delivery service from all local surgeries - to save you the hassle of going into accrington
& for all the elderly/disabled people this is of great benefit
Thanks you for the support Elusive
Miss Technophobe - maybe you should try us - you dont know what we have to offer until you try!!!
I will keep you posted on any further updates
Just to set the record straight. I do support it, I'm not knocking it being opened, and I have used it a couple of times and probably will again in the future.
I also don't have a problem with Huncoat. I love it here and have no intention of moving. My only grievance is the Post Office closing down. Using it virtually every day and having no transport is a real pain, but thats another story.
I also don't have a problem with Huncoat. I love it here and have no intention of moving. My only grievance is the Post Office closing down. Using it virtually every day and having no transport is a real pain, but thats another story.
Dear Miss Technophobe
I tried my best to support the Pharmacy
I offered to buy the premisis and share the premisis with him and offer rent free to the post office and his accomodation to him so that his running cost were kept to a minimum
He would not have it!and with the Post office offering large sums of money to shut down, its not surprising that he took the money in the end.
Feel free to call in to the Pharmacy and ask for my number if you have anything that may improve or help us to make a go of the Pharmacy
Regards
Sarj
I tried my best to support the Pharmacy
I offered to buy the premisis and share the premisis with him and offer rent free to the post office and his accomodation to him so that his running cost were kept to a minimum
He would not have it!and with the Post office offering large sums of money to shut down, its not surprising that he took the money in the end.
Feel free to call in to the Pharmacy and ask for my number if you have anything that may improve or help us to make a go of the Pharmacy
Regards
Sarj
If you get stuck again for out of stock items then you could try the pharmacy next to Brown street medical centre if you don't want to go all the way to Peel street, they are quite good.
I haven't read the thread yet Jaysay but I will, in our defence though patients are often sent to the discharge lounge before their prescription is sent to pharmacy, quite often its not even written yet the wards will say pharmacy is holding things up, even the electronic prescribing isn't always finalised, its bad planning and we've been complaining about it ourselves as we are always the scapegoat, discharges in the pharmacy are prioritised in date/time of discharge order it is up to the ward staff to specify though. This doesn't help what you've been through and thats awful.
Hi Sarj,
Thats a real shame about Geoff. I really thought he was sorry to be closing down, but then again I guess he was nearing retirement age so I guess that may have been a factor!
It would be great to see another Post Office in Huncoat, but I doubt it will happen.
I've only been to the Pharmacy once so far, but I will definitely be using in the future as and when I need to.
I must add, the service was excellent!
I can see where your coming from grego, but you can bet your bottom dollar that it wasn't the nursing staff nor the pharmacy staff that came up with the idea to have patients sat in a dicharge loung for over four and a half hours. When you've been an inpatient all you want to do is get home, not sit about waiting for tablets, after all they knew I was going home at lunchtime the previous day. It is six weeks now since I came home and wote a letter of complaint to the patient care manager, as yet they have not had the decency to reply.
