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Prescriptions
Please follow the guidelines and choose the right option for you.
Ordering a repeat prescription
- Please allow us 48 hours (two working days), to process your prescription request.
- If your medication is computerised, please indicate the items you need on the prescription's tear-off portion.
When you order a prescription online, you can have it sent electronically to a pharmacy of your choice. This is called a nomination.
Urgent Prescriptions
We ask patients to avoid ordering prescriptions urgently. If a prescription is requested on an urgent basis it will be available 24 hours later for collection at your nominated pharmacy.
The NHS App
Order repeat prescriptions via the NHS App or NHS website, and have them sent to a pharmacy of your choice.
Use Online Services
The easiest way to order your prescription is by using our online services.
Your Local Pharmacy
Pharmacy Ordering
Your pharmacy can also order your medication on your behalf. This saves you time and unnecessary visits to the Practice. Please contact the Pharmacy of your choice for more information if you wish to use this service.
About pharmacists
As qualified healthcare professionals, pharmacists can offer advice on minor illnesses such as:
- coughs
- colds
- sore throats
- tummy trouble
- aches and pains
They can also advise on medicine that you can buy without a prescription.
Order by Telephone
Script line is open Monday to Friday, from 10:30am to 12pm.
- Telephone: 01670 713 021 - Select option 2
Questions about your prescription
If you have questions about your medicine, your local pharmacists can answer these. They can also answer questions on medicines you can buy 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 your common questions.
If you would like to speak to someone at the GP surgery about your prescription, please contact us.
Further prescriptions information
Medication reviews
Repeat medications are regularly reviewed at least annually, with some needing more frequent reviews. A notification will appear on your prescription slip when a review is due. These reviews can be done in person or via a telephone appointment with a GP. In certain cases, nursing staff may review medications during specialist clinics (e.g., diabetes or asthma). To prevent delays in your prescriptions, please book an appointment as soon as you receive the notification.
Prescriptions charges
What to do with old medicines
Take it to the pharmacy you got it from or bring it in to the surgery. Do not put it in your household bin or flush it down the toilet.
Get prescriptions sent to you
Where you require your prescription to be sent, you are asked to include a stamped, addressed envelope for its return. Please allow seven days for prescriptions by post.
Prescribing of over-the-counter medicines
Your GP, nurse or pharmacist will not generally give you a prescription for over-the-counter medicines for a range of minor health concerns. Instead, over-the-counter medicines are available to buy in a pharmacy or supermarket in your local community.
About pharmacists
As qualified healthcare professionals, pharmacists can offer advice on minor illnesses such as:
- coughs
- colds
- sore throats
- tummy trouble
- aches and pains
They can also advise on medicine that you can buy without a prescription.
Many pharmacies are open until late and at weekends. You do not need an appointment.
Most pharmacies have a private consultation room where you can discuss issues with pharmacy staff without being overheard.