Let’s inject some sense

When my wife and I owned a private nursery school, it was a social services department ruling that no medicines could be administered unless the child's name was on the container. Any breach of this rule would have led to an enquiry and possible removal of our licence to operate. With nonsensical rulings like this, are you surprised at your local nursery's attitude? Terence Wiseman

When patients come to me asking for a prescription for 4 more Epipens (2 for school and 2 for home) I have always asked them to give me the out-of-date devices. I can not recall a single occasion when the patient was actually carrying his Epipen!

I have only once had to administer an Epipen to a patient and it worked very effectively. I subsequently noticed that it was 2 years past its use-by date!

Vic Bradbury Victor Bradbury

I think you will find that it's 6 epi-pens.
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Two for Mum's house, two for Dad's house and two for school. Beware the ones that the pharmacist palms off a month before their expiry date! paul frisby

If social services departments make idiotic rulings then surely we have a duty to seek out those responsible?
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P.S. I like the idea of asking them to hand over the outdated devices. Roderick Shaw

You will love this one! I was actually covering a stick of celery with peanut butter when a lady approached my dispensary (am pharmacist) to moan about epipen for some reason I forget (probably the expiry date!). I also asked to look at it, and was told it was at home in the cupboard!!!! I brandished my peanut and celery lunch at her and the affected child, and told her that was rather stupid wasn't it!!! ICO

You may not be that cynical Copperfield, unforfunately the lawyer of the bereaved parents whose child was given another child's epipen is very very cynical. It's not my money, it's the NHS's, why should I take the risk? david wayles