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Prescriptions

Important

IMPORTANT UPDATE!

Due to a national issue that was outside of our control, our main website is no longer available. However, we have now put a temporary website in place for patients to use while we develop our brand-new website.

If you cannot find the information you are looking for, please contact the Practice on 01553 774221.

We would like to sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused over the last few days. Unfortunately, this issue was completely outside of the Practice's control. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we work to improve our online services.

Ordering repeat prescriptions

The easiest ways to order repeat prescriptions are:

Important: Important notice

The practice does not accept prescriptions requests via the telephone at the practice. Please use one of the alternative methods above.

By email/post

You are able to request your repeat medication in the following ways:

If you take a number of different repeat medications and would like to request to synchronise them so you are able to order them at the same time throughout the month, please use our medication synchronisation request form (this online form is not available at the moment, please use the "Contact us online" link on our homepage or call us on 01553 774221).

Collecting your prescription

Information:

Please allow 2 workings days to collect your prescription requests from the surgery or 4 working days if you collect from a nominated pharmacy.

You will need to choose a pharmacy to collect your prescription from. We call this nominating a pharmacy.

You can change your nominated pharmacy at any time:

Questions about your prescription

If you have questions about your medicine, your local pharmacists can answer these. They can also answer questions on medicines you can buy without a prescription.

The NHS website has information on how your medicine works, how and when to take it, possible side effects and answers to your common questions.

Go to Medicines A to Z (nhs.uk)

If you would like to speak to someone at the GP surgery about your prescription:

Medication reviews

If you have a repeat prescription, we may ask you to come in for a regular review this may be with a clinical pharmacist or pharmacy technician. We will be in touch when you need to come in for a review.

Practice prescribing policy 

The practice has recently changed our 56 day prescriptions to 28 day prescriptions for all patients. This is based on current NHS guidelines. The benefits of 28 day prescribing include:

For patients on 2 or more items per month it is more cost effective to buy a pre-payment card.

Prescription charges

Find out more about prescription charges (nhs.uk).

About pharmacists

As qualified healthcare professionals, pharmacists can offer advice on minor illnesses such as:

They can also advise on medicine that you can buy without a prescription.

Find a pharmacy (nhs.uk)

Many pharmacies are open until late and at weekends. You do not need an appointment.

Most pharmacies have a private room where you can discuss issues with pharmacy staff.