Prescriptions
If you think you may need a prescription medicine, please make an appointment with the doctor or pharmacist. Your local pharmacist is also able to give you advice for non-prescription medication.
Repeat prescriptions
A repeat prescription is a medication that you need on a regular basis and that your GP has authorised. It can be supplied for a certain period of time on a regular basis without having to see your doctor each time.
They may be requested in several ways
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Online - log in to your account and request the items listed on your repeat prescription a few days before they are due.
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Via Electronic Repeat Prescribing – speak to the practice nurse at your medication review. If your medication is unlikely to change, your prescription can automatically be sent to your pharmacy every month.
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Via the pharmacy- request what you need from your pharmacy who will then order from the surgery
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In writing- put a written prescription request in the prescription box just inside the surgery or hand it to the reception
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By post – request a prescription in writing and include a stamped addressed envelope and we will post it back to you
Please note
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The above applies to items on your repeat prescribing list only. The clinical team will add a medication to this list once you are stable on it and are likely to need it regularly in the future.
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Anything that is not on a repeat prescription is likely to need a discussion with a GP or pharmacist before it will be issued to ensure it is clinically appropriate
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Because of the volume of prescriptions we process, please allow 2 working days for the prescription to be issued – although we try to process them as quickly as we can