See your Pharmacist - no questions asked.

Keep seeing adverts to say how we should see a Pharmacist if we need medical advice, so today I did.

I called at the Pharmacy joined to our GP Practice. Asked to see Pharmacist. He came out and asked me what my problem was. I said I had had a dry throat and at times a horrible cough (since January) and I needed to get rid of phlegm. I told him I had a chest xray in Feb which was clear. He sold me some expectorant but asked no other questions although he did mention the 100 day cough.

Got home and the medicine is not suitable for alcoholics, people on a low sodium diet and a few other things. I am none of these but a bit concerned that he didn’t ask anything about my health. I took the medicine about 4 pm and then fell asleep on the sofa from 7.15-9.15.

I wasn’t very impressed. The pharmacist had no name badge, no uniform. Just jeans, sweatshirt and gilet. The assistant called him from the dispensing room where they were all having a great laugh. He only spent seconds with me and by the time I had put my medicine in my bag he was back in the dispensing room with all the others continuing their noisy banter.