Hi all
I only found this out last weekend, but wanted to highlight this as I think it's important. As you probably know, Pharmacists can now prescribe I think, for five common conditions, one being UTIs. I was away from home last the weekend and very suddenly found I had a very painful a UTI. It was a Sunday and I went to a pharmacy in the town I was staying to ask for help. I was pretty sure I needed antibiotics. The pharmacist said yes, he could help me and proceeded to ask all the relevant questions. Then he asked my age, I said 70. He said 'oh, you don't look it, I'm afraid I can't help you'. I was unaware that this service is only for ages 16-64. I said I was in great pain (but I didn't have a very high temp, just elevated) but all he could suggest was call 111. I said I could have sepsis by midnight. He assured me I wouldn't get it that quickly. I went home and by 1.30am I had a temp of 40, teeth chattering and was freezing cold and felt so unwell, I thought if I go to sleep I'm not going to wake up. I didn't even think of calling 111 then, I know very stupid. I went downstairs and sat waiting for the Surgery to open. Anyway, it's the 16-64 limit I wanted to highlight. I got antibiotics from my GP the following morning which did the trick.
