Have you ever forgotten to "money save"?

mags50_2

my mum used to tell me that it was the fish man calling and she didnt want any that day :rotfl:

mummysaver

Often manage to forget to use quidco, that always bugs me!

footballmanagerwidow

joshieg3011 wrote: »

Not sure about the thermometer but if you register with Boots "minor ailments" they will give you paracetamol free of charge. The idea of this is you tell the pharmacist what the problem is and they will give you the medicine - it's to save the NHS money as it stops you from visiting your doctor and having to get a prescription! I have had several things free from Boots because of this - including head lice treatment for my children - which would have cost £12.00! Sometimes if I run a bit low on things like children's ibuprofen or liquid paracetamol I go in and say one of them has a cold/temperature and they give me another bottle...

How do you do that? That sounds fab!!

Rummer

I frequently forget!

theladsmum

joshieg3011 wrote: »

Not sure about the thermometer but if you register with Boots "minor ailments" they will give you paracetamol free of charge. The idea of this is you tell the pharmacist what the problem is and they will give you the medicine - it's to save the NHS money as it stops you from visiting your doctor and having to get a prescription! I have had several things free from Boots because of this - including head lice treatment for my children - which would have cost £12.00! Sometimes if I run a bit low on things like children's ibuprofen or liquid paracetamol I go in and say one of them has a cold/temperature and they give me another bottle...

Think that might just be certain pharmacies in certain areas? Someone at work once mentioned this, but it turned out to be quite restricted.

JayJay14

We have the service in our area. You have to have your NHS number with you to register with the pharmacy and you must have the person in question with you, that is they should not issue medicines for a child unless that child is with you. Usually it is for items which are available over the counter but for which the doctor would give you a prescription. It's worth asking your pharmacy if they have the scheme cos if you don't pay prescription charges for any reason it saves you a trip to the doctor's surgery.

shelley_crow

we told my son that the van playing music sold vegetables, it worked beautifully until grandpa started picking him up from school. Lo and behold he asked for an ice cream from the ice cream van thereafter. doh!

buxtonrabbitgreen

You are all so mean with the ice cream van. Though I have always been grateful that it doesn't stop on my road. So I am just as bad.

narabanekeater

We hvae it here in Leicester as well. Here its called the NHS Minor Ailiments service
Ive used it twice both times for my children