[joeysteele]

Thankfully I'm rarely ill but even when my Mum was alive, anytime I went to a pharmacy for advice.
All I got that was said to you, can they take paracetamol try to see if that helps for like pain.
More often than not, especially re my Mum.
Was best to see the GP

I've found the pharmacies a waste of time more than not.

I was in a store with a pharmacy on Friday, an elderly man went to it, asked to see the pharmacist.
He said he felt funny and was wondering if they could check his blood pressure.
To which he was told they didn't take blood pressure there.
Yet they had on sale blood pressure devices.

I think this is just trying to shift around any kind of care which maybe could be dangerous for some people ill.

Pharmacies have their purpose and no doubt good knowledge on many conditions but they are NOT Doctors.
So I am not yet convinced this is a good idea.
YET anyhow