Prescriptions
Non-urgent advice: Notice
Please make sure to include your full name and dob when posting repeat prescriptions
Ordering repeat prescriptions
The easiest ways to order repeat prescriptions are:
- using your NHS account (through the NHS website or in the NHS App)
- using the GP online system via the link at the top of this page
These accounts show you all your repeat medicine and dosage and you can choose the ones you need.
You can also:
- hand in or post your repeat prescription counterfoil to us, ticking the medication you need. These can now be left in the white post box on the front wall of the building.
If you do not have a repeat prescription counterfoil then please write the patient details including name, date of birth and address, and what medications are needed on note paper.
We do not take repeat prescription requests over the phone or email.
Collecting your prescription
When ordering your prescription please allow at least 48 hours for the practice to send the prescription to the chemist of your choice.
If you are ordering over a weekend the 48 hours will start on the Monday morning.
Due to the number of prescription request that the practice receives every day any prescription that is recieved after 10am will be issued within 48 hours starting from the following morning
You can usually collect your prescription from the pharmacy 3 to 5 working days after you have ordered it.
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:
- on the app or website where you order repeat prescriptions
- at your GP practice
- at any pharmacy that accepts repeat prescriptions
Electronic prescription service
The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is an NHS service. It gives you the chance to change how your GP sends your prescription to the place you choose to get your medicines or appliances from.
What does this mean for you?
You will have more choice about where to get your medicines from because they can be collected from a pharmacy near to where you live, work or shop.
For further information on:
- Choosing a pharmacy or other dispenser
- Cancelling or changing your choice of pharmacist or dispenser
- What can I do if I'm unhappy with the process?
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.
If you would like to speak to someone at the GP surgery about your prescription fill in our medication query form.
Medication reviews
If you have a repeat prescription, we may ask you to come in for a regular review. We will be in touch when you need to come in for a review.
Prescription charges
Find out more about prescription charges (nhs.uk).
What to do with old medicines
Take it to the pharmacy you got it from or bring it in to the surgery. Do not put it in your household bin or flush it down the toilet.
About pharmacists
As qualified healthcare professionals, pharmacists can offer advice on minor illnesses such as:
- coughs
- colds
- sore throats
- tummy trouble
- aches and pains
- earache
- acute sinusitis
- shingles
- infected insect bites
- impetigo
- uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women
They can also advise on medicine that you can buy without a prescription.
Many pharmacies are open until late and at weekends. You do not need an appointment.
Most pharmacies have a private consultation room where you can discuss issues with pharmacy staff without being overheard.
Private prescriptions
The practice will no longer accept patients requests to change a private prescription to a NHS prescription without the patient consulting with a doctor first.
Patients who wish for their prescription to be changed must make an appointment with the doctor or dispense the medication at a local pharmacist if they cannot wait until they can be seen on the next available routine appointment. READ MORE HERE