[OSM-talk] Pharmacies / dispensing tag?

[Tom Hughes]

In message <504206D8-E584-43D9-ADEA-B04194DBA627 at remote.org>
        Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

>     could someone from the UK perhaps give some details about the  
> differences between "dispensing" pharamcies and "non dispensing"?  
> Perhaps by simply updating the map features page. I don't think that  
> a similar distinction exists in Germany but I cannot say for sure  
> until I know how you use these tags ;-)

A dispensing pharmacy will have a qualified pharmacist who can
dispense prescription only medication.

A non-dispensing pharmacy is a store which sells medical type
things, but only non-prescription ones such as you might be able
to buy in a supermarket or whatever.

I'm not sure what the story is with over the counter medication
actually - you don't need a prescription for that but I think
there probably does have to be a qualified pharmacist for them
to sell it, so you would need a dispensing pharmacy for that.

Tom

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