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We are delighted to be able to support you with our dosette box service.
For just £20 a month, you will continue to benefit from complete support for your medication management in the form of:
Sadly, there is a reducing number of pharmacies able to offer this lifeline to their customers as providing this service attracts no additional NHS funding. We are an independent pharmacy managing your dosette in one place from prescription to production, checking and delivery. We are committed to providing this invaluable service to our customers and believe it is a service worth continuing to support independence and medication management.
As per the Equality Act, it is our responsibility as a pharmacy to ensure where possible, reasonable adjustments are made for anyone who qualifies. However, contrary to popular belief, a reasonable adjustment does not constitute a pill pack or dossett box. In fact, various pharmaceutical organisations including the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Community Pharmacy England do not recommend the use multi compartment aids under most circumstances. For example for a patient with Dementia, a reasonable adjustment may include a MAR (medication administration chart) in order for them to tick what medications they have taken and thus eliminating the need for a pill pack. The NHS does not provide any funding for pill packs therefore leading to our introduction of the charge.
It may also be worth noting your NHS GP cannot and should not comment on what a reasonable adjustment is as this is down to each individual pharmacist and how they assess the need at that moment in time. It is not advised that GP practices mislead patients into thinking that Dossett boxes are at the discretion of GP’s. This has not been the case for many years.
