Repeat
Prescriptions

If you need to take regular medication your doctor may give you a REPEAT prescription without the need for you to be seen every time in surgery. 

A repeat prescription is an item of medication that has been approved by a doctor for issue at intervals and can be signed by any Doctor in the Practice.

The doctor will not routinely issue your prescription early. We will usually issue your prescription up to one week before it is due (in the case of monthly supply). We will not issue medication prior to this, unless there are exceptional circumstances, when a doctor will decide if early issue of your medication is appropriate and safe.

You can now only order your repeat prescription from the Practice and not the pharmacy, on-line pharmacy or dispensing contractor.

Please remember, we need at least 48 hours notice when ordering repeat prescriptions. Weekends & Bank Holidays are not counted as working days. Please do not attend at a pharmacy if you have covid-19 symptoms.

ACUTE PRESCRIPTIONS

Other items you have been prescribed are ACUTE or Past medication that needs authorisation from a specific doctor before issuing. Please telephone before 9am to request acute medications which are issued at the discretion of the doctor.

This may take longer than 2 working days to process. Please order these items in good time. We only take telephone prescription requests between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday.

Medications Out of Hours

If a problem arises out of hours on relation to essential medications and it cannot wait until the surgery or pharmacy opens, the NHS 111 service may be able to help. Dial 111 for advice and support.