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To be honest, in my view, any of these circumstances are only as good as the last experience any individual actually had.

Personally, I use the pharmacy nearest to home. I order my medication (only one thyroid med), directly on my Doc's website. They send the prescription, electronically to the pharmacy who dispense. I just pop in a couple of days after I place my order and pick it up, and check the contents of the bag before leaving the shop. I do this as there is a particular brand I don't get along with.

That said, I have only been taking any medication at all for a few months, so there have been a limited number of rounds for it to go wrong.

Again my view would be that for me, waiting in for the pharmacy to deliver would be a real pain.

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I used a postal delivery service for a while. Can’t remember the name I am afraid, but it all fell through after only a few months when my surgery refused to deal with the online pharmacy until I had gone through another medication review.

At that point I would have needed to set the process up again from scratch - and then do it after every 6 month review. Too much hassle!

Hopefully that issue is now resolved, but the most frustrating thing was the typical NHS lack of communication. The surgery didn’t bother to inform either me or the pharmacy why they had cancelled the prescription. It took weeks to sort out, and I was left without meds until I had waited over 10 days to get a review appt, and then 2+ days to get the prescription filled.

 

I do exactly the same as @DCUKMod , via a small independent pharmacy which is a short walk/drive from my house. I usually collect it a couple of days after ordering on line. However at the beginning of the year I was on crutches and unable to get there so they delivered everything to my home.

 

I would normally choose an independent pharmacy, but the one closest to home is a branch of Lloyds. There are just the two pharmacists and a core staff of ladies behind the counter.

After only a few months they recognise me when I call in, although they do, quite naturally, always ask for my full name when I ask for my prescription. On the single occasion my prescription had been dispensed with the brand I had established didn't agree with me, I just mentioned it and they swapped it immediately.

Of course, all it needs is a change of pharmacist and/or the ladies "out front" and my whole experience could change. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

@RogerI - My feeling about an online delivery service is there is no chance of a personalised relationship and it's easier for them to be nonchalant (in terms of service) than someone meeting you eye-to-eye to explain why things have or haven't gone right.

My local pharmacy does have a delivery, but I think it's only for those who are more frail, or unable to get to the shop, due to their condition, rather than a convenience. Never having really investigated, I could be very wrong on that.