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Hello all, Surrey checking in with good news bad news;
Good news:
My pharmacy (a national chain) had to create an account with Abbot as this item won't be available through any wholesaler; one week on and the pharmacy call back to say an account is set up and they can now order the sensors.
Bad news: I need more sensors, do I go back to GP and say can I have a hand written script please?
Yes go back to your doctor and ask for a handwritten script. It didn't come up on the computer at my doctors either.
Re pharmacy, I went to my usual one and they said the wholesaler won't open an account with Abbott and so I went down the road to Boots. The pharmacist there told me that two other customers had been in with prescriptions for the sensors. There is no product code for it yet so he had to phone up a special department to sort it out. Anyway, the sensors arrived the next day (six of them!).
For those who have had no luck with their doctors, I'm wondering if an idea would be to go to your local Boots pharmacy (or any pharmacy) and ask if anyone has come in with a prescription for the sensors. That way you would know if any other local doctors are prescribing them.
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