There are several ways that you can request a medication that is on your repeat prescription.
You can complete the right-hand section of your previous prescription form by ticking the medications you require and can leave it with us at the surgery reception or send it to us by post.
You can also request a repeat prescription online (using either of the links on the right).
However, we would recommend ringing the practice and selecting option 2. It will ask you to read out your required prescriptions followed by your name and date of birth. Our admin team will check your record and issue accordingly. If there is a problem (such as needing a medication review or not on repeats), they will normally contact you to clarify.
Your prescription will usually be ready for collection 48 hours later from your allocated pharmacy. Please request in good time rather than waiting until you have completely run out.
Many local pharmacists operate a prescription collection and/or delivery service for our patients. Please contact the pharmacies directly for further details. Please note the overall responsibility for ‘ordering’ still lies with you. Please ensure that you only order what you need rather than everything on your repeats list and if changes are made to your repeat medications please communicate this to your pharmacy as soon as possible, otherwise errors/ duplications may occur and you will be contributing to the £300 million of NHS money wasted on medications annually rather than being spent on providing life-saving services.
We are keen to ensure that patients with ongoing medical problems are monitored regularly. If the date for your next review with a doctor or nurse has passed you will be asked to make an appointment. Until you do, there may be delays in getting your prescriptions or we may have to reduce the amount issued (even stopping them altogether) if there is a safety concern.
We may also use your prescription to communicate important messages to you about your medications, please take the opportunity to look at it on a regular basis.
