\n Customers have described queues at the Boots Pharmacy in Loddon, with delays stretching over several days and confusion over automated text messages notifying patients that prescriptions are ready to collect.\n<\/p>\n
\n Among those affected is John Bellamy, who says repeated problems obtaining medication have left him increasingly fearing for his health.\n<\/p>\n
\n John Bellamy says repeated prescription problems have left him facing delays in obtaining vital medication (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n “I am currently waiting eight days since the confirmation that Boots have my latest prescriptions.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The diabetic patient says prescription problems over the past three months have led to delays in obtaining medication and missing items.\n<\/p>\n
\n “For the past three months, prescription problems at Boots Loddon have been mismanaged, resulting in life-threatening delays in obtaining drugs,” he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n Boots Pharmacy in Loddon pictured in 2013 following a robbery at the store (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Bellamy said previous prescriptions had arrived without all the required items, including a sharps container and a Ramapril prescription.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Every month the same, prescriptions missing, always very late, text confirming prescription received then nothing.”\n<\/p>\n
\n He also described an earlier disagreement about whether he had requested a prescription for Humulin insulin.\n<\/p>\n
\n “My diabetic nurse checked and found I had ordered it,” he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n The pensioner said the delays left him so concerned about running out of medication that he reduced his insulin doses while waiting for supplies to arrive.\n<\/p>\n
\n Customers have raised concerns over delays, queues, and missing prescription items at Boots in Loddon (Image: Google Maps)\n<\/p>\n
\n Another customer claimed they waited 45 minutes at the pharmacy before being advised not to rely on automated text messages, while another said a dialysis patient was forced to leave the queue without collecting medications because he could no longer stand and wait.\n<\/p>\n
\n Responding to the concerns, a Boots spokesperson said: “Prescriptions and healthcare support continue to be available at our Boots Loddon High Street pharmacy.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Colleagues are working hard to return to our usual service levels, with additional dispensers and pharmacists on site, while we remain grateful for our customers’ patience and understanding.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Customers have described queues at the Boots Pharmacy in Loddon, with delays stretching over several days and confusion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-811612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}