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Ah ah ah , this is Wales you know . Boots certainly didn't help when I asked - I don't think there is another chemist nearby , but I shall keep persevering . Thanks for your help and suggestions .

Thanks for your help and suggestions , but pharmacy2u replied saying they only operate within England , whereas my GP is on the NHS Wales system , and the two aren't joined up . I shall just have to keep trawling . . . . . .

Yeah , that link was very interesting , but I don't seem to have made myself very clear --- I can obtain an electronic prescription from my GP no trouble -- my problem is being housebound and not well enough to get to the chemist to pick my prescription up anyway . I can get there on my...

Hi I've just moved to Broughton near Chester

Hi I am really interested in online prescriptions -- I am more or less housebound and am experiencing immense difficulties picking my prescription up . I have had to move away from my family , so I was overjoyed when my GP wrote to me saying she was moving across to eps , but when I come to...

Hi , thanks for taking the time to reply . As I said , I'm disabled myself so can't walk as far as his ward to see him - yes , he's asked but they all said to ask the doctor , but after a week he still hasn't (knowingly) seen him make his rounds . In any event he's scared stiff - and very...

Hi My friend has been rushed into hospital with a blood glucose reading of 28.6 - he didn't know that he was diabetic but is now faced with testing his blood and injecting while not having his reading glasses - he has already bent one needle . Now , he lives on his own , and so do I but I am...

Thank you Neemo for that copy letter . It was most interesting . I actually saw my GP today who said it was health board policy to use this glucomen machine as a standard across the board provision . She did however , say I could have more strips to accommodate my driving , though I felt a...

I was actually issued with an accu-chek mobile by my DN and it was superb - so easy to use , especially when shaking mid-hypo , but getting the strips/cassettes was an ordeal and a half . My GP then told me the health authority were "standardising" on a glucomen - I guess because the strips are...

Well , thank you everyone for all your help . It would appear it's my GP surgery , or rather the admin staff . Thank you @@urbanracer for your link to Diabetes UK Advocacy Pack . This has led me to contact my own Flintshire Advocacy Services who have helped me draft a letter to the Practice...

We've all experienced difficulties obtaining test strips , especially with the new laws on testing and driving requiring us to ask for more strips during a time of financial constraints . I ask for them on my repeat prescription form every month , but i haven't been given them since november ...