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Arkadiusz R. 3 years ago • From Google

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Reception unhelpful when managing prescription issues

When medication prescribed for my young daughter became unavailable at the pharmacy, I contacted the practice for an alternative. The receptionist's response felt dismissive, as I was directed to contact the pharmacy myself and then call back. After spending considerable time at the pharmacy, I discovered my daughter wasn't registered there, which required additional registration steps. When I returned to collect the adjusted prescription, I was informed that the final supply had also run out, which felt frustrating given the back-and-forth involved. The appointment booking system appears to be experiencing difficulties, with persistent busy signals throughout the week and limited availability when calls do connect.

Bowling Highfield Medical Practice

3 years ago

I am sorry to hear of your experience. Pharmacy’s only keep limited amounts of medication in stock and GP surgeries have no information about their stock levels. We normally ask the pharmacist to let us know what they have as an equivalent and we do another script. With the Strep A pandemic many antibiotics across the country have been unavailable- particularly penicillin. It has been a national issue. The antibiotics supplies are improving and hopefully issues like this should be rare. We would always suggest allowing good time to get prescription to allow for stock issues at pharmacies. We generally manage to turn around prescription requests at the surgery within 1-2 days.

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