This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Challenge PATIENT CHOICE in the NHS for Dispensing Patients in Great Britain.
A Dickensian ruling was set in the early nineteen hundreds which stated that Doctors prescribed and Apothecaries dispensed.Doctors could only dispense to their patients if they lived more than a mile (as the crow flies) from the Apothecary due to Doctors staff not being qualified to dispense.
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Now in the 21st century Doctors dispensing staff are as qualified in all aspects of dispensing and services as the Chemists.The one mile rule should now be changed to fit the NHS White Paper headed PATIENT CHOICE so that all patients in practices throughout the country have to option to choose where they would like to have their medicines dispensed.The ruling has been challenged before but never challenged for the wording of PATIENT CHOICE that the White Paper promises. We have to make a stand.
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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We understand that you're concerned about the availability of dispensing services, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
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