"Access to 24 pharmacy experience"

Was advised to go to A&E one weekend recently due to a high temperature following an operation at a different hospital.

Triage and session with doctor were very good and timely and I felt listened to and addressing my concerns. I was given a prescription for antibiotics and my wife asked at the reception desks whether they knew of a 24 hour chemist (it was close to midnight at that stage). The hospital does not have a 24 pharmacy on site and the staff on reception could not advise of a 24 hour pharmacy local to the hospital. They gave us a sheet with local pharmacies and their opening times...but that did not address the question of a pharmacy open at that time of night. Calling 111 did not help either and in the end I took the decision to wait until 9am the following morning when my wife was able to go to a pharmacy to get my prescription. 

I was fortunate that I was already on some prescribed medication following the operation. I am not sure what I would have done if I had not been in that position and not being able to get my prescribed medication from my A&E visit.