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The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 263 No 7067 p636
October 16, 1999 Letters

The profession

Caring members

From Mr E. E. Pratt, MRPharmS

SIR,—In my letter (PJ, January 10, 1998, p59) thanking members for their contributions to the Benevolent Fund, I stated what a caring Society I was privileged to belong to.
To illustrate the caring nature of the Society, I must quote the following instance. A fortnight ago I took my prescription for mood swing control tablets to a Southampton pharmacist. He did not have the full quantity in stock and I suggested that he posted the balance to me. After a few days I telephoned him and he told me that he was having difficulties in getting them and suggested a different strength. However, he managed to get the tablets and this morning I received them by recorded delivery, which must have involved considerable cost. This impressed me a great deal and is just one instance of the pharmacists' service to the public.

Ernest Pratt
Southampton