ARmy Rumour SErvice

Aha, more sensible spending in the NHS. Having just merged (nothing to do with trying to get Foundation Trust status after a bid a few years ago went pear shaped & the then Trust nearly went the Government version of bankrupt, honest) a new Health Service organisation needed some new letterheads.

You will, no doubt, be glad to hear:

The new templates have been created by Operations and Service Improvement with the involvement of Letter Production, Equality and Diversity and the Patient Panel, and have been approved by the Trust’s Management Executive.

Fuck me, hope they ensured no black ink was used

Originally Posted by mercurydancer

After all, if I dont eat, I will die. Doesnt mean I can go to Bombay Spice with a prescription.

However, capsaicin is highly addictive, so I may well have a vindaloo addiction. OK so I'm an addict. I admit it. I need help. If I dont get curry every day I could slip into a Korma.

You might find your local dispenser's cleverer brother or sister is the Doctor who prescribes this

Originally Posted by jarrod248

They used to be very expensive and hard to find, remember life before the Internet ?
Now supermarkets stock anything that sells. We used to have only one health food store that stocked such things in town if they hadn't these things you'd have to travel.

Yep, up to about five years ago a small loaf of gluten-free bread was £5.00. It tasted terrible and more often than not was mouldy before even opening it. The Supermarket offerings have certainly reduced prices and improved quality but many of these products often contain egg, dairy and maize which can still cause issues for Coeliacs.

Originally Posted by Psypher

Yep, up to about five years ago a small loaf of gluten-free bread was £5.00. It tasted terrible and more often than not was mouldy before even opening it. The Supermarket offerings have certainly reduced prices and improved quality but many of these products often contain egg, dairy and maize which can still cause issues for Coeliacs.

Many of the loaves in the pharmacy are binned due to mould.

Originally Posted by CaptainPlume

You might find your local dispenser's cleverer brother or sister is the Doctor who prescribes this

Yeah, its the old story, just give you a little to get you hooked, just an onion bhaji as a starter, and thats enough. It is made from natural stuff, they say, but its a downward path. Soon you try a madras, then before you know it, you are shaking like a dog shitting peach seeds waiting for Ahmed's to open. Just ask for the "special" curry... the staff can be seen donning welders masks and leather gloves just to cook it.

You know you have hit rock bottom when you get drunk and disorderly just to get shot in the face with the police's pepper spray, and ask for poppodums to go with it.

Originally Posted by CaptainPlume

You might find your local dispenser's cleverer brother or sister is the Doctor who prescribes this

Slightly different..my first Mrs. ended up a GP so I had 15+ yrs. of some observational knowledgeof the NHS. A few years ago I had to get a prescription for my psoriasis which appears from time to time, went to my doc(we had divorced so I no longer had a personal physician) got prescription went to pharmacy got the tube of cream, when I got home I looked at the tube it was 100gm..looked at the prescription..500gm..phoned the pharmacy, they were round like a shot with a personal delivery and apologies that were a little too 'profuse' I then made some enquries(via the medical grapevine) and it would appear the pharmacy was owned by a relation of a neighbouring single handed GP practice..the names were the british equivalent of 'Smith'

Originally Posted by O2 Oxygen Thief

Slightly different..my first Mrs. ended up a GP so I had 15+ yrs. of some observational knowledgeof the NHS. A few years ago I had to get a prescription for my psoriasis which appears from time to time, went to my doc(we had divorced so I no longer had a personal physician) got prescription went to pharmacy got the tube of cream, when I got home I looked at the tube it was 100gm..looked at the prescription..500gm..phoned the pharmacy, they were round like a shot with a personal delivery and apologies that were a little too 'profuse' I then made some enquries(via the medical grapevine) and it would appear the pharmacy was owned by a relation of a neighbouring single handed GP practice..the names were the british equivalent of 'Smith'

I suppose it could just be a dispensing error?

Originally Posted by jarrod248

I suppose it could just be a dispensing error?

Well yes..possibly, however does every error..paticularly for a very 'unimportant ' condition warrant a personal delivery, I must admit I did mention my ex in the phone call to the pharmacy..and lets be blunt, how many people actually look at the prescription 'per se' even if they do would they really care..??