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On 01/06/2026 12:44, Theo wrote:

Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> wrote:

On 01/06/2026 11:59, Andy Burns wrote:

Jim the Geordie wrote:

I was contemplating having my many repeat prescriptions (some of which >>>> would not go through a letterbox) delivered in this way. Of all the
options, I assumed Royal Mail would be reliable, it seems not.

Over the last year, I've had monthly prescriptions (packed in ice with
appropriate "chilly penguin" stickers) delivered by Royal Mail.

The one time there was any cock-up, it was mine ... I thought I'd got
the measure of the driver's regular route and had time to nip out, when
of course he then arrived at the start rather than end of the delivery
window.

After posting, I wondered whether using dedicated pharmacies like
Lloyds, Boots, Pharmacy2u, Well, RXLive, or one of the several others,
might be 'better'.
There are two possible reasons for delaying the choice: i) someone has
to be at home and ii) my bi-monthly requirements are not always the same
otherwise there can be a build up of medicines that I have not needed in
that particular time span. With the current arrangement I order a week
in advance with my specific requirements (then collect when shopping at
the supermarket pharmacy). I know it works at the mo' but looking to the
days when I can no longer get around.

Our pharmacy is always being out of stock of something / having to issue a partial prescription and backorder the rest / go back to the GP to request a variation based on what's available. Luckily the pharmacy and the GP are in the same building so this is easy (although the pharmacy is only open M-F
and surgery prescriptions person is only there M-F mornings).

I dread to think what would happen if this was instead some faceless corporation and you'd be stuck on 'your call is important to us' for half an hour each time, and then a wait for a few days for a delivery. Not so good if you have run out of something it is dangerous to stop taking.

At the very least, if there is no stock they can give you a paper prescription and you can then try other local pharmacies.

Theo

Apart from the first reply praising Royal Mail, I was looking for recommendations from those who have found one they are happy with.
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On 01/06/2026 13:07, Jim the Geordie wrote:

Apart from the first reply praising Royal Mail, I was looking for recommendations from those who have found one they are happy with.

Once they have honest knowledgeable couriers they are all good.

I had to complain against Evri. They sacked the driver and I got my old reliable MAW (midl;e aged woman) back.
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On 2026-06-01, Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> wrote:

After posting, I wondered whether using dedicated pharmacies like
Lloyds, Boots, Pharmacy2u, Well, RXLive, or one of the several others,
might be 'better'.
There are two possible reasons for delaying the choice: i) someone has
to be at home and ii) my bi-monthly requirements are not always the same >>> otherwise there can be a build up of medicines that I have not needed in >>> that particular time span. With the current arrangement I order a week
in advance with my specific requirements (then collect when shopping at
the supermarket pharmacy). I know it works at the mo' but looking to the >>> days when I can no longer get around.

Our pharmacy is always being out of stock of something / having to issue a >> partial prescription and backorder the rest / go back to the GP to request a >> variation based on what's available. Luckily the pharmacy and the GP are in >> the same building so this is easy (although the pharmacy is only open M-F
and surgery prescriptions person is only there M-F mornings).

I dread to think what would happen if this was instead some faceless
corporation and you'd be stuck on 'your call is important to us' for half an >> hour each time, and then a wait for a few days for a delivery. Not so good >> if you have run out of something it is dangerous to stop taking.

At the very least, if there is no stock they can give you a paper
prescription and you can then try other local pharmacies.

Theo

Apart from the first reply praising Royal Mail, I was looking for recommendations from those who have found one they are happy with.

I use Pharmacy2U. I order my renewal on the surgery or NHS web sites and
about a week later it arrives by Royal Mail. In the past couple of years
they have always delivered exactly what I ordered.

If they had run out of anything I could wander down to Tesco and phone my GP
to get an emergency prescription in a few minutes.
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Wigan
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Bernard Peek <bap@shrdlu.com> wrote in news:n85qurFdkf3U1
@mid.individual.net:

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On 2026-06-01, Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> wrote:

After posting, I wondered whether using dedicated pharmacies like
Lloyds, Boots, Pharmacy2u, Well, RXLive, or one of the several

others,

might be 'better'.
There are two possible reasons for delaying the choice: i) someone

has

to be at home and ii) my bi-monthly requirements are not always the

same

otherwise there can be a build up of medicines that I have not

needed in

that particular time span. With the current arrangement I order a

week

in advance with my specific requirements (then collect when shopping

at

the supermarket pharmacy). I know it works at the mo' but looking to

the

days when I can no longer get around.

Our pharmacy is always being out of stock of something / having to

issue a

partial prescription and backorder the rest / go back to the GP to

request a

variation based on what's available. Luckily the pharmacy and the GP

are in

the same building so this is easy (although the pharmacy is only open

M-F

and surgery prescriptions person is only there M-F mornings).

I dread to think what would happen if this was instead some faceless
corporation and you'd be stuck on 'your call is important to us' for

half an

hour each time, and then a wait for a few days for a delivery. Not

so good

if you have run out of something it is dangerous to stop taking.

At the very least, if there is no stock they can give you a paper
prescription and you can then try other local pharmacies.

Theo

Apart from the first reply praising Royal Mail, I was looking for
recommendations from those who have found one they are happy with.

I use Pharmacy2U. I order my renewal on the surgery or NHS web sites

and

about a week later it arrives by Royal Mail. In the past couple of

years

they have always delivered exactly what I ordered.

If they had run out of anything I could wander down to Tesco and phone

my GP

to get an emergency prescription in a few minutes.

Cherish that GP.
If I ring mine, I get a list of options, then asked if I want to be rung
back when I get to the front of the queue.
The prescriptions option is a recording m/c.

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On 01/06/2026 16:51, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 01/06/2026 13:07, Jim the Geordie wrote:

Apart from the first reply praising Royal Mail, I was looking for
recommendations from those who have found one they are happy with.

Once they have honest knowledgeable couriers they are all good.

I had to complain against Evri. They sacked the driver and I got my old reliable MAW (midl;e aged woman) back.

I have a relative that has no internet, and if she wants something she
can't find in the local shops she phones me and I order it for delivery
to her.

I ordered a couple of cables (her dog had chewed the ones he had,
luckily not connected at the time). The company I ordered from chose
Royal Mail to deliver. I give my email address on these orders so that
I can phone through any delivery news.

These two cables shouldn't have been a problem. Yet I got an email one
day from Royal Mail saying that they "knocked and there was nobody in.
Will try again tomorrow". I phoned that through and was told that she
had been in all day, and if anybody had knocked the dog would have
barked and that didn't happen. The next day, exactly the same thing
happened again. On the third day the envelope with the cables in was
dropped through the letterbox. There never had been a need to knock.

Where I live there are two roads with similar names. My regular PM
postman always delivers to the right address. Stand-in postmen quite
often deliver to the wrong address. If it is a tracked parcel and I get
the email saying it has been delivered and I haven't got it, I know I
have to walk round to the same house number in a different road to
collect it.

Evri is very good round here because we have a reliable driver who knows
his patch. He knows which houses will take parcels in if the intended recipient isn't at home, and I sometimes get him knocking on my door to
ask if I will take something in for a neighbour, because he knows the
three neighbour addresses that I will look after. I also know which two neighbours take things in for me. I am fully aware that other people's experience of Evri is rather different to that.

The bad apple among the couriers in my area used to be Yodel. I was
expecting a parcel via Yodel, so when the courier knocked on my door and
stuck a small parcel in my hand i thought it had arrived. When I looked
at the parcel after he had driven off it had a different name and
address on it. It was only a 5 minute walk away so I delivered it
myself. It has been a different courier for Yodel in the last couple of months and this one seems to be delivering to the correct addresses.


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