Find out how to order your repeat prescriptions online with the  NHS App

Repeat Prescriptions

A repeat prescription can be ordered in various ways:

• By placing your computer counterfoil slip in the prescription box located at our reception area. Please tick the items that you require.
• By sending us your computer counterfoil slip (with items ticked that you require). 
• A more secure way to request your repeat prescriptions is online using the NHS App. Please ask at reception to register for this.

Your prescription will be ready for collection 48 hours later. Always order your prescription in good time, please do not wait until your medication has run out. Some chemists will collect your prescription from the surgery for you, this can be done by contacting them directly and setting up an ordering service.

Repeat prescriptions cannot be ordered over the telephone, the only exception to this ruling are the elderly or the housebound.

Prescriptions Charges and Exemptions

Extensive exemption and remission arrangements protect those likely to have difficulty in paying charges (NHS prescription and dental charges, optical and hospital travel costs).

The NHS prescription charge is a flat-rate amount which successive Governments have thought it reasonable to charge for those who can afford to pay for their medicines.  Prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs) offer real savings for people who need extensive medication.

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

YOUR PRESCRIPTION WILL REMAIN AT THE SURGERY UNLESS YOU CONTACT A PHARMACY AND ASK THEM TO COLLECT IT ON YOUR BEHALF.

Electronic Prescription Service 

If you would like to take advantage of this service and haven’t yet completed a nomination form, you should ask your preferred pharmacy to set your nomination. You don’t need a computer to do this.

This will not affect the way that you order / request prescriptions.

Benefits for you

If you get a repeat prescription, you will not have to spend your time going toyour GP practice each time to pick up your paper prescription. Instead your GPwill send it automatically to the place you choose, with less chance of itgetting lost.

Nearly all pharmacies will be connected to the service, so you will be able to getyour medicines from any pharmacy you choose – whether it’s near home, work orthe shops.

You may not have to wait as long for your prescription items, as often there willbe time to get your repeat prescription items ready before you arrive. If anyof the medicines on your prescription are out of stock when the pharmacistreceives your prescription, they can be ordered in ready for you.

What happens if I do not wish to use the service?

Processing your prescriptions will not be as quick and you lose the fiunctionality of the online messaging.

More information

A full list of pharmacies who are offering electronic prescriptions is listed on NHS Choices Website. You will see ‘Electronic PrescriptionService Available here’ next to the name of thepharmacy listed.

More information about the ElectronicPrescription Service is available from your local pharmacy, at the GP surgeryor on-line at www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/eps.