[SolomonQ]

Hi,

I was quite surprised and pleased at the same time for the responses my post got, thankyou for that. maybe if all i got after a day was one reply i'd probably not come back to this forum again, but the number of replies makes me wonder why this forum isnt more popular with pharmacists, as im sure quite a few of them will have a myspace or facebook account by now.

Regardin the replies, well the loss to the NHS would be the whole £6.85 not £2 as Zoggite pointed out, and ive checked the NHS forms, no where on there it says its the property of the NHS or anyone else. End of the day this is another stealth tax being levied by the powers that be call em the NHS or the government. Majority if not all of the people who have to pay the NHS prescription charge are hard-working and are already paying their dues in terms of Tax and NI. my NI as a pre-reg works out to be in the region of £55-60 PER WEEK, of which I pay about £28.50. but if i would need to pay 6.85 per item for any NHS prescription, Is this fair?

One reason why i'm goin on about this is because most people arent too please to pay the charge adnt he ones that make comments about it blame immigrants etc... and im not of english origin myself, lol, so theres an awkward moment when they realise my presence in the dispensary, lol.

A non-rhetorical question considering the point that some GPs were reprimanded for issuing private prescriptions for cheaper items, does anyone know if GPs are given incentives in anyway to prescribe these cheaper items for people who have to pay? because if people knew the amoxiciliin theyre paying £6.85 for isnt gona cure their virus induced cold, then they would ask for alternatives. but GPs still hand these prescritions out despite many organisations discouraging this practice (one recent news story that i cant recall now).

Peace out
A town