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JoMarch

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Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 15/11/2014
Apart from the fact that our pharmacy is so small that there is no where that I can speak to the pharmacist in private, I also do not know whether I am talking to a pharmacist or a shop assistant 3 weeks out of school.

You could try asking "are you the pharmacist?". I find that works every time.

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Quote: Originally posted by JoMarch on 15/11/2014

Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 15/11/2014Apart from the fact that our pharmacy is so small that there is no where that I can speak to the pharmacist in private, I also do not know whether I am talking to a pharmacist or a shop assistant 3 weeks out of school.

You could try asking "are you the pharmacist?". I find that works every time.

When I am shown in to see the doctor, I don't need to ask for his qualifications.

The doctor holds my medical records, the pharmacist does not.

Nuff said!

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If you had to suffer some of the doctors I have had to suffer over recent years you would certainly think about asking to see their qualifications

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Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 15/11/2014

Quote: Originally posted by JoMarch on 15/11/2014
Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 15/11/2014Apart from the fact that our pharmacy is so small that there is no where that I can speak to the pharmacist in private, I also do not know whether I am talking to a pharmacist or a shop assistant 3 weeks out of school.

You could try asking "are you the pharmacist?". I find that works every time.

When I am shown in to see the doctor, I don't need to ask for his qualifications.

The doctor holds my medical records, the pharmacist does not.

Nuff said!

They may not hold your medical records, however, if you frequent the same pharmacy, then they will have your medication records on file, and they can tell a lot about your health from them.

Ever heard of MUR, as in Medicines Use Review that many pharmacies offer as one of their services nowadays?

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My nearest pharmacy is actually in the surgery so I expect the pharmacist would suggest making an appointment with a doctor if I started asking about ailments...it's more of a dispensing chemist - lol.

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Update on the eye problem. Went to the Docs on Monday, waited 1.5 hours for a consultation. I have a 'ripple' in my conjuntive Odema, apparently. The doc said the eye drops were exactly the right thing from the chemists. So if I had gone to A&E, that's what I would have been prescribed.

The doc gave me a prescription for some antibiotic eye cream, in case it got worse. It did yesterday, so I got the prescription and tried the cream.. it made it worse, like putting a gob of vaseline in your eye! So back to the eye drops. He said give it a week, then come back if no better, so will go again next Monday if all is not well or improving by then. :( Might pop into the Opticians before then.

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Chemosis is the swelling (or edema) of the conjunctiva. It is due to exudation from abnormally permeable capillaries...according to Wikipedia...not many people know that

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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 20/11/2014
Chemosis is the swelling (or edema) of the conjunctiva. It is due to exudation from abnormally permeable capillaries...according to Wikipedia...not many people know that

And even less would understand it me thinks!

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I would hate to live in England makes you appreciate our docs and and surgeries more.

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If you call the out of hours service around here or attend a Walk-in centre you are more lightly to be treated by a Nurse Practioner than you are a fully qualified Doctor. They have an advanced level of training above the standard RGN qualification, and can prescribe a basic range of medication including pain relief and antibiotics, plus the power to send you down to the nearest Hospital if they think you need further treatment urgently.

You would never know that they were not a Doctor unless you asked, there level of professionalism is the same, and they can examine you just as a doctor would do, the quality of patient care remains high, whilst the cost to the NHS is a fraction of what it would be to provide an out of hours doctors visit.

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I live about 200 yards from the local surgery but it takes a week to get an appointment to see a doctor. The nearest walk-in centre is 30 miles away...that's a heck of a walk!

I am sure if you had blood dripping out of every orifice they may condescend to let you see a doctor but more than likely they would just call an ambulance...and then a hearse!

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Reminds me of the time I took my daughter to see the pharmacist because I thought she had chicken pox. I wasn't certain because she wasn't ill, and the spots weren't itchy.

two youngish blokes - they had no idea
Then the doctor from next door came in, another young bloke, he wasn't sure, wanted to check for meningitis (I was 100% sure she didn't have that)

In the end, the other mums and grans in the pharmacy decided that she did indeed have chicken pox. And they were right. :)

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