100 hr pharmacy in C.Palace rd ?

[boshi]

Had a letter through door today re a 100 hr Pharmacy and a needle exchange facility at the Dul med centre!! A little alarming i think as next door to a nursery and a residential area! Anyone know of this and any thoughts??

[Ted Max]

Can it really be five years?

[KidKruger]

Sounds familiar, junkies infecting children etc, etc.

[Siduhe]

I was thinking the same. My abiding memory was the local pharmacy suggesting it would open longer hours including evenings and weekends, as a way of opposing the application. If I remember correctly, the offer of extended hours didn't last long after the application was turned down.

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,48351,page=15

[Loz]

boshi Wrote:

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> Had a letter through door today re a 100 hr Pharmacy and a needle exchange facility at the Dul

> med centre!! A little alarming i think as next door to a nursery and a residential area! Anyone

> know of this and any thoughts??

Pre-school smackheads have rights too.

[Sue]

Oh FFS.

It was because I felt so strongly about this all those years ago - after, if memory serves, somebody was getting people to sign a petition against it outside the North Cross Road pharmacy - that I googled the issue and first came upon this forum.

Do people honestly think that addicts responsible enough to be using a needle exchange are some sort of danger to the public, including small children?

Get a grip. You're probably unknowingly working with some of them.

[the-e-dealer]

Blimey A Medical Centre next to a School. Think of all those Ill people going there. People With Cancer, Plague, Chicken Pox, Measles, Depression, Broken Legs, Pregnant , Fat , Anorexic. Those poor kids don't stand a chance already!

[James Barber]

I'm really disappointed that the Dulwich Medical Centre is reapplying for what was so vehemently opposed only a few years ago.

[sophiesofa]

James Barber Wrote:

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> I'm really disappointed that the Dulwich Medical

> Centre is reapplying for what was so vehemently

> opposed only a few years ago.

I'm glad they are.

[Sue]

James Barber Wrote:

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> I'm really disappointed that the Dulwich Medical

> Centre is reapplying for what was so vehemently

> opposed only a few years ago.

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"Vehemently opposed" by how many people?

And supported by how many people?

And where did those figures come from? I don't recall a local referendum on the matter.

[the-e-dealer]

There was quite a lot of opposition mainly based on mis-apprehension and prejudice. There wasn't a referendum but there were petitions and a planning meeting.

[Sue]

the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> There was quite a lot of opposition mainly based

> on mis-apprehension and prejudice.

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Yes, I remember the prejudice and total misunderstanding.

People seemed to think there was going to be an influx of hundreds of people dressed like tramps leaving infected needles strewn all over the area.

[the-e-dealer]

Luckily none of that on here.....

[henryb]

You wouldn't go all the way to a needle exchange then at door go - "ah sod it" and throw them on floor.

[James Barber]

Much of the opposition was related to keeping local shopping areas vital and not adding a 100hour pharmacy to a residential street.

The needle exchange is the trojan horse for the pharmacy.

[Sue]

Fair enough, but many GP's surgeries have pharmacies attached.

It's obviously much more convenient for the patients to be able to get their prescriptions immediately.

[the-e-dealer]

Nop that Tannas has gone I guess theres fewer Pharmacys in E Dulwich which changes things a bit.

[James Barber]

Not sure that local pharmacies are that far from DMC and they all provide repeat facilities.

Also from a governance perspective it seems wise for GP's NOT to profit from the pharmacy function and good pharmacists act as a check on what is prescribed which would be harder to do when your salary comes fro mthe GP's you might need to correct.

[Sue]

James Barber Wrote:

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> Not sure that local pharmacies are that far from

> DMC

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Very recently I was ill, and it was a real effort to walk from DMC to the nearest pharmacy in North Cross Road to get my prescription made up, and then walk back to my house, even though had I been well it is a very easy short walk.

[Tarot]

James Barber Wrote:

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> Not sure that local pharmacies are that far from

> DMC and they all provide repeat facilities.

> Also from a governance perspective it seems wise

> for GP's NOT to profit from the pharmacy function

> and good pharmacists act as a check on what is

> prescribed which would be harder to do when your

> salary comes fro mthe GP's you might need to

> correct.

Well James how else can the good doctors maintain their million pound mansions in Dulwich.

[Monkey]

Surely Dr Gupta should be concentrating on fixing the problems at his surgery before expanding his business. It's not like he does not have lots on his hands already: recruiting enough gps for the number of patients registered at his surgery, fixing staff morale issues which mean gps never stay very long, ensuring phones are answered promptly, and in the meantime perhaps handing out coffees to people queuing from 7.30am outside his surgery to make an appointment.

[Sue]

They are apparently putting in a new computer system next month.

No idea whether that will help with all the perceived problems, but it would be great if you were able to book appointments online.

[the-e-dealer]

a handy pharmacy would be handy!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I am a bear of little brain. I understand 24 hours - what does 100 hr Pharmacy mean?

[Sue]

They're in a time warp due to all the drugs :)