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On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:17:28 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:

In message <10nfflr$2acbe$1@dont-email.me>, at 17:50:51 on Sun, 22 Feb
2026, Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> remarked:

Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:

In message <hhhjpk1ljf5k616u2v064t98l7nr6dn1qo@4ax.com>, at 14:50:39 on
Sat, 21 Feb 2026, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> remarked:

Roland is only thinking of himself.

For the third or fourth time, I'm not the only person who might be in a >>>>> predicament caused by the collateral damage, so am mainly thinking about >>>>> others.

You are thinking of anyone exactly like you.

Don't be silly. All sorts of people get headaches.

But not many of them need to get pain relief immediately before a journey >>which has to be completed within a limited time and with no opportunity to >>obtain such relief on the journey.

That's not the only scenario. Some outpatients appointments take hours,
for example seeing a consultant who sends you off for tests that take a >while to come back, then a second chat with the consultant. Leaving the
site to find medication they refuse to sell, could easily not fit well
into such a schedule. And as well as the outpatient, it's their carers
too.

There are a couple of convenience stores on the main concourse at
Addenbrookes, both of them sell normal over-the-counter packs of common
general sale medicines of the type that you'd expect to find in convenience stores (including paracetamol and ibuprofen). But the main concourse is accessed via the main entrance, the facilities there (including the catering outlets as well as the convenience stores) are aimed primarily at people who are visiting in-patients rather than the patients themselves. I'm not sure
how well signposted it is from the outpatients department which has a
separate entrance.

Mark
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In message <bksupkdfo3chafa4tbu36fq8g6usfgp6ba@4ax.com>, at 22:16:30 on
Wed, 25 Feb 2026, Mark Goodge <usenet@listmail.good-stuff.co.uk>
remarked:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:17:28 +0000, Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:

In message <10nfflr$2acbe$1@dont-email.me>, at 17:50:51 on Sun, 22 Feb >>2026, Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> remarked:

Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:

In message <hhhjpk1ljf5k616u2v064t98l7nr6dn1qo@4ax.com>, at 14:50:39 on >>>> Sat, 21 Feb 2026, Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> remarked:

Roland is only thinking of himself.

For the third or fourth time, I'm not the only person who might be in a >>>>>> predicament caused by the collateral damage, so am mainly thinking about >>>>>> others.

You are thinking of anyone exactly like you.

Don't be silly. All sorts of people get headaches.

But not many of them need to get pain relief immediately before a journey >>>which has to be completed within a limited time and with no opportunity to >>>obtain such relief on the journey.

That's not the only scenario. Some outpatients appointments take hours,
for example seeing a consultant who sends you off for tests that take a >>while to come back, then a second chat with the consultant. Leaving the >>site to find medication they refuse to sell, could easily not fit well
into such a schedule. And as well as the outpatient, it's their carers
too.

There are a couple of convenience stores on the main concourse at >Addenbrookes, both of them sell normal over-the-counter packs of common >general sale medicines of the type that you'd expect to find in convenience >stores (including paracetamol and ibuprofen).

Interesting, I've tried the convenience stores at Papworth and
Outpatients.

But the main concourse is accessed via the main entrance,

It's also directly connected to the long corridors, and isn't far from
the lifts to the largest block of wards.

the facilities there (including the catering outlets as well as the >convenience stores) are aimed primarily at people who are visiting >in-patients rather than the patients themselves.

Also staff. A large number of whom use it as a 'food court', to the
extent there's a rule saying "mustn't wear your scrubs" - although not
always obeyed.

I'm not sure how well signposted it is from the outpatients department
which has a separate entrance.

All departments/facilities are signposted along the long corridors. The
main concourse is roughly halfway along, with the Treatment Centre and
Rosie to the west. Papworth is a separate building (for public access
anyway).

Outpatients has two separate primary entrances, "Main" and "Oncology",
plus external access to the MRI unit.

Mark

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