Prescriptions

PRESCRIPTIONS

Repeat Prescriptions

We accept requests for repeat prescriptions online via the link above, by post (a SAE is required if you need the prescription posted back to you) and by personal visits to the surgery.

We do not accept request by telephone, unless the patient is housebound.

If you have any prescription queries please call the Surgery on 01634 290644.

We would like to add that if ordering your prescription online, the confirmation you receive is acknowledgement of the request and not that your prescription has been done there and then.

Please allow 48 hours, excluding weekends and Bank Holidays, for your request to be processed. Any problems please telephone the surgery.

Electronic Prescribing Service

This practice is set up for the electronic prescription service.

This means that for most patients we can send your prescription to your chosen chemist directly saving you having to come down to the surgery.

To get your prescription sent to your chosen pharmacy you will have to ask reception to sign up.

For more information please click here.

Medication Reviews

Patients on repeat medication will have their medication reviewed on a regular basis, and this may involve a conversation with a health professional and possibly blood tests.

Questions about your prescriptions

 If you have questions about your medicine, your local pharmacists can answe these. They can also answer questions on medicines you can buy over the counter 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 common questions

About Pharmacists

As qualified healthcare professional, pharmacists can offer advice and treatment (without th eneed to contact our surgery to get a prescription) for minor illnesses such as:

  • Sore throat
  • Earache
  • Sinusitus
  • Impetigo
  • Shingles 
  • Infected insect bites
  • Uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women under 65

They can also advise on medicine that you can buy without a prescription to help woth aches and pains, coughs, colds and hayfever. Find a pharmacy (NHS UK)

NHS Charges

These charges apply in England only. In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales prescriptions are free of charge.

  • Prescription (per item):                             £9.90
  • 3-month prepayment certificate (PPC):       £32.05
  • 12-month PPC:                                         £114.50
  • 12-month PPC for HRT:                              £19.80

If you will have to pay for four or more prescription items in three months or more than 14 items in 12 months, you may find it cheaper to buy a PPC.

  • Telephone advice and order line 0845 850 0030
  • Buy or Renew a PPC On-line Here

There is further information about prescription exemptions and fees on the NHS website.