Collecting prescriptions

[TashT1]

Apologies if this has been covered in an earlier thread but I couldn’t find anything when I searched.

Is it considered to be safe for us to collect prescriptions from the pharmacy? I’ve been before I was diagnosed, wore a mask & socially distanced. But now wondering if I should be more careful in general.

My son does all the extra shopping that can’t be delivered but he’s only 17 so I’m assuming they won’t handover a box of needles.

What’s the general consensus on risk?

 

[DCUKMod]

Apologies if this has been covered in an earlier thread but I couldn’t find anything when I searched.

Is it considered to be safe for us to collect prescriptions from the pharmacy? I’ve been before I was diagnosed, wore a mask & socially distanced. But now wondering if I should be more careful in general.

My son does all the extra shopping that can’t be delivered but he’s only 17 so I’m assuming they won’t handover a box of needles.

What’s the general consensus on risk?

I consider myself perfectly safe to collect, but our pharmacy is delivering everything (super efficiently) to just about everyone it seems.

Have you been shielding, or are you very newly diagnosed?

 

[Juicyj]

Hello @TashT1

I think risk is a personal decision based on weighing up the pros and cons, a pharmacy should be a clean hygienic place and as long as precautions are in place for both yourself and at the pharmacy then it shouldn’t pose a threat.

I personally have collected my own and haven’t felt afraid to, but the call really does lie with you and your perceived level of risk.

 

[TashT1]

Have you been shielding, or are you very newly diagnosed?

Yeh I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago. My household has been very careful due to someone else being in the shielding group, essential trips out only.

But now that I think about it, the pharmacy is about as essential as the trips to hospital for diagnosis. So I should stop over thinking it.