Unit 1 Description of a Pharmacy Grammar

At the Chemist`s.

The doctor gave me a prescription to take to the Chemist’s. He prescribed aspirin, in case I got a headache. He also gave me a nerve tonic, as he said I was still suffering from shock. I didn’t have to pay him because medical treatment is free in England. Everyone pays so much per week Health Insurance (so it’s not really free after all). Foreigners who are visiting England have the same benefits as the natives, so for them it’s really free. At the Chemist’s I handed in the prescription and paid for each item on the prescription. This charge which was really resented, was introduced during the Labour Government’s term of office. They said the Health Service could no longer afford to give medicine free.

Whilst I was in the chemist’s, I thought I`d buy some other thing I needed. I ordered some talcum powder, two bars of soap, a tube of brushless shaving cream, a small bottle of olive oil, a toothbrush and a toothpaste, and a packet of razor blades. The goods were wrapped up by the chemist.