It must be tough working in a pharmacy / dispensing chemist's these days, with queues, number restrictions, sanitizing, etc, and fielding extra telephone traffic.
For some time now I've been using my pharmacist's email address and sending a tiny PDF once a month to save visiting or phoning - reduced contacts, more pharmacy time for pharmacy and dispensing work.
It's a simple spreadsheet that calculates your requirements come renewal time when you change the entry in the "On-hand" cell for the relevant drug and creates an entry in the "No. of Items to Dispense" cell and totals them. This is a cross-check for the pharmacist and customer on the number of items in the bag.
It seemed so blindingly obvious I didn't suggest it in here before for fear of insulting the company.
Once the computer cools down and the spreadsheet finishes its enormous calculations, simply print to PDF and email the tiny file to the pharmacist. You can choose to close the spreadsheet without saving or save with a new name and the same for the PDF.
Any and all suggestions, criticisms, monetary rewards welcome. Bank A/C details to follow!
PS The pharmaist can choose to close the electronic loop by responding to your email once your prescription is ready for collection
For some time now I've been using my pharmacist's email address and sending a tiny PDF once a month to save visiting or phoning - reduced contacts, more pharmacy time for pharmacy and dispensing work.
It's a simple spreadsheet that calculates your requirements come renewal time when you change the entry in the "On-hand" cell for the relevant drug and creates an entry in the "No. of Items to Dispense" cell and totals them. This is a cross-check for the pharmacist and customer on the number of items in the bag.
It seemed so blindingly obvious I didn't suggest it in here before for fear of insulting the company.
Once the computer cools down and the spreadsheet finishes its enormous calculations, simply print to PDF and email the tiny file to the pharmacist. You can choose to close the spreadsheet without saving or save with a new name and the same for the PDF.
Any and all suggestions, criticisms, monetary rewards welcome. Bank A/C details to follow!
PS The pharmaist can choose to close the electronic loop by responding to your email once your prescription is ready for collection
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