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Originally Posted by SolomonQ  ofcourse, that is the reason, but I find the best way around this would be for the patient to pay while collecting the ES, and when they come back next time with the Rx or you recieve it, you will take off the tablets you gave out and refund the ES cost, thats the fairest way,
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i agree about the fairness of things solly - it is a 'fair' way to do things however doing an ES the way you describe is actually classed as defrauding the NHS. Several pharmacists have been prosecuted for doing this.
The patient should be charged - after all, in john's situation the patient was daft enough to not bring an inhaler with enough in with them and daft enough not to get on a waiting list for a surgery as soon as they knew when they were moving.
as someone else has said in the past 'an oversight on your behalf doesn not constitute an emergency on our behalf.'#
and quite rightly, if someone's taking the piss with the ES service then we should deny them their meds.