Prescriptions
Prescriptions
Repeat Prescription Requests
You can request a repeat prescription by dropping your repeats slip into the Practice; by using your online access (by clicking on the picture below); by a pharmacy express service or by ringing the repeat prescription line.
The repeat prescription line (option 2 on the main surgery number) is open 10:30-12:30 and 14:00-16:00 Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). You will be required to give the names of your medications to the receptionist when ordering.
In some cases you may be contacted by the surgery to book a telephone or face to face review with the doctor before a prescription can be issued.
Prescriptions cannot be ordered no more than 7 days early and will be ready in your chosen pharmacy 4 working days from when they are ordered. If you require a prescription more urgently than this, please phone the prescription line and advise the receptionist at the beginning of the call that you need to place an urgent prescription request.
You can update your chosen pharmacy by using your online access or asking a receptionist to change it when calling or visiting the Practice. We are able to send prescriptions electronically to most pharmacies in England.
For some patients we are able to offer repeat dispensing where a doctor will send a series of repeat prescriptions to your pharmacy in one go, so there is no need for you to order them each time. Visit www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/eprescriptions or talk to reception for more information.
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NHS Prescription Fees
- Current prescription charge is £9.35 per item (Support stockings are charged per stocking)
- Three-month Prepayment Certificate (PPC) – £30.25; this will save you money if you need more than three prescribed items in three months
- 12-month PPC – £108.10; this will save you money if you need more than 12 prescribed items in a year
For more information visit NHS Choices
or to find out if you are entitled to free prescriptions click here NHS Choices
Prescribing of over the counter medicines is changing
The NHS has been spending around £136 million a year on prescriptions for medicines that can be bought from a pharmacy or supermarket, such as paracetamol. By reducing the amount the NHS spends on over the counter medicines, we can give priority to treatments for people with more serious conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and mental health problems.
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