Originally Posted by SnnY
So if I open a shop in your town, I am required to offer everything? No, I offer what I want.
You don't like it, go elsewhere.
Lagomorph
So if I open a shop in your town, I am required to offer everything? No, I offer what I want.
You don't like it, go elsewhere.
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What we are stating is that all UK pharmacies are under contract as part of being granted permission to operate...... this is what a "license" is.
They may be privately owned but they have to operate by specific rules.
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Well they should put a big sign at the entrance to the shop of what they are not willing to do, or sell. If they dont do that then someone should sue them for the embarrassment if they are refused without reasonable grounds. I dont consider religion reasonable grounds. I am sure a court would take the same stance.
In this instance the produce was held in stock.Why stock it if you are not going to sell it?
Last edited by bigboab; 02-27-2005 at 11:16 PM.
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No, a license is to provide approved drugs, it does not obligate one to provide all approved drugs. If it does then I will gladly shut up.
My philosophy is that any person that opens a business can sell what he wishes. If his views on what should be provided are at odds with society then he shall go bankrupt.
My point is that if I wish to provide a portion of the drugs a community needs, that is my wish. Boab stated in his initial post that I should loss my license. I say "no", let me sell what I please and let the market determine if I stay in business or not.
Lagomorph
You are completely right. Nothing more to say.Well they should put a big sign at the entrance to the shop of what they are not willing to do, or sell. If they dont do that then someone should sue them for the embarrassment if they are refused without reasonable grounds. I dont consider religion reasonable grounds. I am sure a court would take the same stance.
In this instance the produce was held in stock.
It was an internal problem.
Last edited by hobbes; 02-27-2005 at 11:19 PM.
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A Chemist licensed to issue prescription drugs is controlled strictly and is duty bound to try and fulfil a doctor's prescription and the bulk of the cost of these drugs are met through the NHS.
A Pharmacy in the UK does not have to have a dispensing Chemist on the premises and tends to sell a wide variety of over the counter medicines including herbal and other alternative medicines.
Boots the Chemist (to give them their full name) operate under the first scenario - although they sell lots of other things too.
However, the situation is slightly academic as it was not a case of choosing to not stock the item but rather one individual refusing to handle the item. An internal matter for Boots and pain in the butt for the customer who would have rightly expected better from a Boots employee.
Last edited by Biggles; 02-27-2005 at 11:21 PM.
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Last edited by bigboab; 02-27-2005 at 11:23 PM.
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Biggles,
Can I operate a facility I call a "pharmacy" in the UK and carry what drugs I think are most cost effective? Or do I have to carry what the government insists upon?
Lagomorph
Night Boab, pleasant dreams.I am going to bed while I am ahead. Before you think of something I cant reply to.
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No, you can operate a "pharmacy" and sell medicnes based purely on water if you want.
You can't call it a dispensing Chemist though.
If that makes it clearer?
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Why stock it if you are not going to sell it?
If that makes it clearer?
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