The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 280 No 7490 p214
23 February 2008

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Supply

Out-of-hours supply plan for Cornwall

From Mr N. Cameron, MRPharmS

From an outsider’s perspective, one of the peculiarities of working in rural (rustic) Cornwall some years ago was that the we had dispensing doctors 300 yards down the road — they provided most of our prescriptions.

These doctors kept abbreviated hours, closed for the weekend at lunchtime on a Friday and had various other half days off during the week.

The pharmacy was open for much longer hours, the result being that those who ran out of medicines had to visit the pharmacy and request an emergency supply. If the other GP branch was open they could drive seven miles to obtain their medicines. Otherwise the problem fell to the pharmacy.

The out-of-hours emergency supplies plan for Cornwall (PJ, 8 December 2007, p636) is an excellent initiative and it will be interesting to observe its implementation.

Neville Cameron
Coromandel, New Zealand

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