Re: What pills were those?

[Adrian Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

On Saturday 06 November 2004 17:13, Roland Perry wrote:

> Who are you phoning? The GP who will consult his records? I spent a
> happy (sic) hour in an NHS walk-in centre in the summer, waiting to be
> seen because they were completely failing to assist an elderly couple
> whose wife had left her essential daily medicines at home before going
> away on holiday. She couldn't say what the medicines were (other than
> "white pills"), and they couldn't contact anyone who could help.

NHS walk-in centres are very limited, slow and expensive compared to GPs.  We 
should put up our prices, do less and slower since this clearly gives more 
satisfaction<g>

Current ideas are that if this is a repeat, then she should be able to obtain 
them from any Pharmacy.

If it is very new - the situation under discussion - then she would be best 
served by repeating the process of diagnosis and prescription that lead to 
her having them.
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