Say goodbye to locumming (and independents)

[Pharmanaut]

Originally Posted by johnep

Will have to be an enormous kiosk to accomodate all the existing packs.
johnep

Us unemployed pharmacists could get a job going around filling kiosks.

[anotherpharmer]

Supervision Demo

please have a look flash demo of how it may work

[anotherpharmer]

get ready seems like doh and psnc are already starting to reduce dispensing fees will prob be announced this week sometime
currently 90p per item will drop question is how much, expect much more when ACT are started rolling

[johnep]

Had a look at demo and already can see will slow up dispensing by considerable amount.
johnep

[richtagg]

This system looks very similar to the kiosks in operation in america.

I'm not convinced it would be an efficient means of doing this in the uk.

[Pharmanaut]

Originally Posted by richtagg

This system looks very similar to the kiosks in operation in america.

I'm not convinced it would be an efficient means of doing this in the uk.

Just like garlic bread, its the future (apologies to Peter Kay).
But... why does the patient need to come to the pharmacy at all?

My main worry is the potential for misuse and fraud.