Yesterday we did a prescription for a number of items for a patient...then today that same patient came in with a fourth item... The problem here is that one of the items dispensed yesterday had been stopped by the GP, but had been put on the prescription in error - and the patient pays the prescription charge! So, she wanted her money back...as in her mind she had paid for a product that she can't use and had returned it...?? So here we have another moral dilemma - do we refuse to give a refund bearing in mind the product has left the pharmacy and will need to be destroyed...and anyway we did our job and it's reasonable to be paid for our labours; or do we shred the previous prescription, dump the stock, and give her the prescription charge back? The fault here actually lies with the surgery, but as usual pharmacy loses out either way - loss of good will; or working for nothing and loss of stock? What would you do in these circumstances? (Vote Below)
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