Needles

[Jade-1990]

when I picked up my prescription I was given a ‘we owe you’ slip for my needles as they didn’t have them, I went back in today to see if they had come in and was told after waiting a little while that they couldn’t supply them anymore, or something along those lines and that my best option was to ring the doctors surgery and see if I can get an alternative. I’m just slightly concerned as it’s so close to Christmas and I know my doctors surgery is possibly hard to get hold of/not open a lot. I’m just not sure if there are any alternatives to getting hold of the doctors just a few days before Christmas? Any advice/help is appreciated.

 

[Deleted Account]

Did they say why they cannot get your needles?
Are they anything special?
A good pharmacist should be willing to phone around and try other pharmacists in the area to source your prescription.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

A good pharmacist should be willing to phone around and try other pharmacists in the area to source your prescription.

Mine do if they do not have a item I need on my scripts, although it does not happen very often they are short on stuff.

 

[Jade-1990]

No, nothing special, just the bd viva ones...
I’m not 100% on what she actually said, I’d had a long week at work and had just finished today and was a bit fed up of waiting. I just got the main gist of what she was saying which was they can’t get them ‍It’s just a bit frustrating that it’s been over a week since I picked up my prescription and now they’re telling me just before christmas, I’m quite lucky that I work with someone who has diabetes that will be able to give me some needles if needed but they don’t know at the pharmacy how many I have, I’ve never had a problem before but now it seems to have come at the worst time, which seems to be the way my life goes haha

 

[urbanracer]

No, nothing special, just the bd viva ones...
I’m not 100% on what she actually said, I’d had a long week at work and had just finished today and was a bit fed up of waiting. I just got the main gist of what she was saying which was they can’t get them ‍It’s just a bit frustrating that it’s been over a week since I picked up my prescription and now they’re telling me just before christmas, I’m quite lucky that I work with someone who has diabetes that will be able to give me some needles if needed but they don’t know at the pharmacy how many I have, I’ve never had a problem before but now it seems to have come at the worst time, which seems to be the way my life goes haha

If in dire need, you don't need a script to get needles, you can even buy them from Amazon or eBay etc.

 

[JohnEGreen]

@Jade-1990 Did you get it sorted out?

 

[Diakat]

It could be that the gp is switching you to another brand. Lots if surgeries are doing this.