A Leeds community pharmacist who has recently developed localised eczema is trying to find out whether it has been caused by National Health Service prescription forms.
Mr Robert Dunkley told The Journal on September 20 that he had developed an eczematous rash on the thumb, index and middle fingers of his left hand and index and middle fingers of his right hand. He said that these were the fingers he used when handling prescriptions. The rash had only developed since the introduction of the new, green, FP10 prescription forms.
Mr Dunkley is convinced that the forms are to blame because the condition cleared up during a two-week holiday, only to re-appear when he went back to work.
Anyone else whose skin has started to crack since about October, 1998, when the green forms began to be introduced, can contact Mr Dunkley by e-mail at Bob.Dunkley@btinternet.com or by telephone on 01924 458132.