tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post1882470836011970516..comments2024-03-29T15:23:18.491+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: This message intentionally left blankRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-27337214722181802462015-08-19T18:02:37.858+01:002015-08-19T18:02:37.858+01:00The online system used by my doctors' surgery ...The online system used by my doctors' surgery allows one to add a message but doesn't mandate a message.<br /><br />However, as the surgery is administered by idiots I end up adding messages most of the time.<br /><br />My repeat prescription form has 5 items on it. Two items are for medicines based on Fluticasone Propionate - one is a dry powder inhaler, the other is a nasal spray. When I ask for one of these items in a repeat prescription, it's pot luck which one they issue. I guess they just look at the first word or 2 on the request. So I add a message like "Nasal spray please" and that makes it harder for them to get it wrong.<br /><br />Just to spice things up further, the surgery cannot issue the nasal spray electronically (my pharmacist tells me there are 2 surgeries locally which have to issue a paper prescription for the nasal spray). Every now and then the surgery decides to issue a paper prescription for the inhaler too. So I've tried adding a message to the repeat prescription request saying "please issue this electronically, you've done so in the past". Last time I did this, the prescription didn't appear at the pharmacists so I went down to the surgery - they handed me the paper prescription which had "Parkview Pharmacy" written in biro across the top of it. I still don't know whether this was their idea of a joke or not.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-40944659328250341362015-08-19T16:07:33.099+01:002015-08-19T16:07:33.099+01:00Does it have to be text? Or could you put in a li...Does it have to be text? Or could you put in a link to a 40GB image of the London skyline?Alan Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203284236816302240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-75233272690110648952015-08-19T13:25:05.123+01:002015-08-19T13:25:05.123+01:00My GP moved entirely to what seems to be a governm...My GP moved entirely to what seems to be a government gateway for these things.<br /><br />It took them 12 months to get me a login, and although the system 'works' it doesn't give the promised access to your notes. It has a booking system.. which doesn't work (the one time I tried to use it they rang up as it'd allocated me a time they didn't have free).<br /><br />Plus, I don't even use it since Boots have a system where they'll handle the repeat for you and you just pick up from them once a month.<br /><br />Tony Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485210895681350152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-2450462706682831222015-08-19T13:15:00.069+01:002015-08-19T13:15:00.069+01:00I've always found the web software used by my ...I've always found the web software used by my local GP surgery amateurish beyond belief. I suspect it's not the same as yours (because it doesn't require a message for a repeat prescription) but you get the feeling that for the developers, a web page with two text fields, a couple of tick boxes and a submit button is stretching their technical capabilities beyond endurance. The appearance makes it look like it was done by a school child about 20 years ago. My first web page - look how many colours I can use.<br /><br />What's worse is that it seems to be a bureau service, used by quite a number of surgeries. I shudder to think what they charge for it.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555396036856701009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-4877703167455751402015-08-19T10:09:05.856+01:002015-08-19T10:09:05.856+01:00I thought this was just me.
I used to get this ...I thought this was just me. <br /><br />I used to get this when ordering (ironically) my High BP pills. I'm convinced it's designed to deliberately incense those with a short fuse like moi, thus generating high blood pressure so I can then have dosage increased to calm it down. They then get the repeat business as does their preferred pharmaceutical's drug supplier.<br /><br />Or am I just being cynical as usual?Gary M Houghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10976032477129336885noreply@blogger.com