NHS minor ailments scheme

Participant · 21 May 2015 at 06:33

Windle said:
Prescription charges? What's that?

The first thing Nicola Sturgeon's going to get rid of to fund your enormous welfare budget?

Cosimo · 21 May 2015 at 08:49

DampDog said:
You won't be saying that when the 'Black-market' in haemorrhoid cream kicks off. That will get everyone sitting up and taking notice...

Rushes off to add to the stockpile.

Tefal · 21 May 2015 at 08:52

Cosimo said:
Rushes off to add to the stockpile.

i read that as "hats off to stockhousen"

DampDog · 21 May 2015 at 08:58

Cosimo said:
Rushes off to add to the stockpile.

Is a "stockpile" one that doesn't hang low??..

Wazz-1 · 21 May 2015 at 09:20

Edrof said:
People are so negative on this forum. Honestly, where is the trust? Does anyone here really think that free Calpol or cream for eczema is going to turn insatiable parents into a frenzied mob that drains the NHS of all its money?

This

Tread is full of douche :rolleyes:

DampDog · 21 May 2015 at 09:38

Wazz-1 said:
This

Tread is full of douche

Same here, seems a reasonable thing to do. GP's are busy enough and get buried with all relatively minor seasonal stuff that cycles through the year. By he sounds of it the take-up by pharmacies isn't going to be anything like 100% and I don't thinks it's even a new scheme, I believe it's already been up and running for a year or more, so old news really.

(lifted from Boots, Minor Ailments site)
"If you don't pay for prescriptions you may be able to receive advice and be given a medicine for a range of minor ailments, free of charge, on the NHS, without having to visit your doctor first. Minor ailments could include coughs, colds, headaches, hay fever, insect bites and stings, eczema, earache and diarrhoea."

robfosters · 21 May 2015 at 10:40

Participant said:
The first thing Nicola Sturgeon's going to get rid of to fund your enormous welfare budget?

A rebuttal of the highest order :cool:

Edrof · 21 May 2015 at 10:53

robfosters said:
I already go black market for that.

Got a dealer. Too risky round the front of the house, so he uses my back passage.

Excellent! Seriously though, I hope your problem clears up.

robfosters · 21 May 2015 at 10:56

Edrof said:
Excellent! Seriously though, I hope your problem clears up.

All clear now. No more Farmer Giles for me.

Maverick2332 · 21 May 2015 at 11:34

doofer said:
I went in and tried to register with my Kleptomania, they wouldn't accept this ailment. I still get everything for FREE but only when they're not watching me.

Brilliant.

Django x2 · 21 May 2015 at 11:35

First of all, it's not branded products.

Second of all, it's in the absolute minority of pharmacies

Third of all, stop killing our NHS by crying hard about needing free Calpol......

arknor · 21 May 2015 at 11:39

Edrof said:
People are so negative on this forum. Honestly, where is the trust? Does anyone here really think that free Calpol or cream for eczema is going to turn insatiable parents into a frenzied mob that drains the NHS of all its money?

depends if you can sell them on for a profit and how easy they are to get

Xordium · 21 May 2015 at 15:01

Django x2 said:
First of all, it's not branded products.

Second of all, it's in the absolute minority of pharmacies

Third of all, stop killing our NHS by crying hard about needing free Calpol......

Calpol is branded though isn't it.