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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by gambiting on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @03:31AM (#20028000)
Pharmacies in Poland all operate on this rotating schedule, where at least one pharmacy in town is open 24h(they always post a sign saying where the nearest 24h pharmacy is). I have no idea if it's by law or just a thing that everyone does.
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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by ovi256 on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @03:39AM (#20028035)
Yes, this is by law and it's a requirement for having a pharmacy operating license.

Fun fact: in most of the world, medical personal like pharmacists can't go on strike.

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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by bkor on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @04:30AM (#20028247)
Are you sure about that fact? Pharmacists went on strike in Netherlands this year. Another reply mentioned Poland. It seems there's no EU rule, or maybe it's more that some still need to be open.

The majority of what a pharmacy provides is repeat customers anyway. Despite regular customers planning badly pretty much all the time, the majority gets their medicine for a minimum of various weeks.

The participation of the strike in Netherlands wasn't high. It was pretty last minute idea by one frustrated worker. The reason was the increase in the aggression towards the people working in a pharmacy.

Source: I know someone working in a pharmacy.

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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by mariuolo on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @04:44AM (#20028316)
> The reason was the increase in the aggression towards the people working in a pharmacy.

What kind of aggression?

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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by Wohlf on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @07:26AM (#20029011)
Aggression towards pharmacists is usually from addicts who want drugs.
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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by jacquesm on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @07:46AM (#20029121)
People that want drugs for which they do not have a prescription.
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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by Insanity on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @05:39AM (#20028543)
Well he did say "most of the world" which is not "everywhere". I did not read it as if every single country has this requirement. :)
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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by AstralStorm on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @04:07AM (#20028148)
Poland is not part of it then. What does have to happen is that emergency or base services are sustained. That is the one 24h pharmacy. All others can just close.

Similar with doctors in hospitals, as long as emergency service works fine strike is allowed.

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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by barking on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @03:44AM (#20028056)
Being a pharmacy contracted to dispense public health service prescriptions is probably contingent on either providing out-of-hours service or being part of a rota that does that. It's that way in lots of countries.
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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by Dobbs on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @04:01AM (#20028127)
This is something the U.K. could use. Particularly on bank holidays, Sunday’s, or early mornings it can be quite difficult to find a pharmacy.
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Re:The realities of 'owning' a Japanese convenience store by ben_ev on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @05:14AM (#20028448)
It exists. Pharmacies open late on rotation here with one being available late night. IIRC in some places it's a hospital pharmacy that you can get a prescription from if it's an emergency. You can find open pharmacies here: https://beta.nhs.uk/find-a-pharmacy/ or call 111 if urgent.
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