Repeat Prescriptions

You can request your repeat medication in a number of ways:

• By calling our 24/7 telephone service on 01736 792177
• By handing your repeat slip into any one of our local chemists (saves coming into the surgery!)
• By post or fax. Fax no: 01736 795362
• By submitting your request via the link on this web site

Please allow 48hrs (excluding Saturday , Sunday & bank holidays ) BEFORE returning for collection.

You can also collect your prescription from several local chemists it could save you time, as you won’t have to return to the surgery, please allow additional time, the 48 hours start from when the prescription arrives in the surgery.

 If you would like to use this service please clearly mark on your prescription requests WHICH chemist you would like to collect your prescription from.  Your prescriptions will automatically be sent to that chemist until you instruct us otherwise.
 
Some of the local chemists provide a home delivery service – please check with them

Prescribing Policy

We, as a practice, endeavour to prescribe appropriately for you. This means that we try to take into account the evidence that a drug is actually effective for its intended purpose. We are guided in this by a national & local formulary; we are reluctant to prescribe outside these guidelines

Unfortunately, in today’s world, finance plays an important role; family doctors are obliged to consider the cost of medicines. Our Practice accounts for over 1 million pounds spent on drugs each year and we are under constant pressure to reduce this. For this reason you may on occasions be asked to change your tablets to a more economic version – rest assured this will only be done if we are satisfied that the alternative is equally as effective as your previous prescription.

If you require simple ‘stock for the medicine cupboard’ such as painkillers for occasional use etc. this should be purchased ‘over the counter’ from the pharmacy.  Please don’t ask us for this on prescription. A huge amount of money is wasted on unused drugs; please help by only ordering what you need. Unused medication should not be discarded in ordinary waste disposal systems but returned to the pharmacist.

We regularly review our prescribing & like to see all those on regular medication at least once a year. Many conditions will require more frequent monitoring.

Repeat prescriptions can be ordered by Fax (01736   796245  ) via our 24 / 7 telephone service (01736 792177) or by submitting details via the link from this web site, you can also drop off and collect prescriptions direct from your nominated local pharmacy.

Please notify us of any known or suspected allergies or adverse reactions to medication.

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.