I went to the Pharmacist witj what I suspected was early shingles and he told me emphatically it was *not*. (Spoiler - it was).

He also told me not to go to the NHS for 2nd opinion, but tried to sell me a private Superdrug online GP appointment.

news.sky.com/story/no-gp-ap… There *is* a case for individual pharmacists having a bit more freedom to prescribe but it's no replacement for an adequately staffed NHS GP service - & given how corporate the Pharmacist sector now is, & how much NHS cash they already get for flu jabs etc, I do worry.

Every one of Tony Blair’s ideas for NHS here, is evidence-free, ideological, profit-opportunity creating bullsh*t. 🧵

theguardian.com/society/2023/j… Even the more innocuous-sounding ones. Eg, pushing Fitbit type tracker / wearable devices etc - which don’t help the unfit, in fact evidence shows discouragement, not to mention eating disorder exacerbation - but they do create a lot of “worried well” work for GPs.