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Ordering a repeat prescription
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Repeat Prescriptions
For Prescription related enquiries please call us on 01892 833 331, Monday to Friday from 11am to 12am and from 2pm to 3pm.
You can order your repeat prescriptions via the following methods (this will show what’s on your repeat medicine list and your dosage):
- Use your NHS Account (via the NHS website or the NHS App)
- Posting your slip in the box on the reception front desk, during our opening hours
- Posting your slip through the external post box at any time
We will only take prescription requests over the phone for housebound patients only.
If your prescription is urgent please give it in at the front desk and write 'urgent' on it.
To sign up to our online prescription service, please bring in some photo identification to one of our receptionists who can sign you up for the service.
If your prescription is urgent please give it in at the front desk and write urgent on it. Please do not phone in if you have run out of your medication, prescriptions are not processed any quicker if they are phoned in. For all other requests please allow three working days notice.
Our prescription staff can only issue repeat prescriptions. A repeat prescription is one that includes your regular medication. This does not normally include antibiotics. If you would like a prescription for medication which you have not had for a long time, or that is not on your repeat prescription you will need to speak to your doctor.
Repeat prescriptions can only be obtained during our normal working week as the out of hours services are unable to deal with these.
Please allow 3 working days for repeat prescriptions to be processed (excluding weekends and Bank Holidays). If you experience any problems please telephone the surgery on 01892 833 331
Collecting your Prescriptions
Please allow 3 working days for repeat prescriptions to be processed (excluding weekends and Bank Holidays). If you experience any problems please telephone the surgery on 01892 833 331.
Non-Repeat Prescriptions
If you would like a prescription for medication which are not on your repeat list and have not had for a long time, including antibiotics, you will need to speak to your doctor. Our prescription staff can only issue repeat prescriptions.
Medication Queries / Questions
If you have any queries or questions in relation to your medicine/s or in relation to medicines you can buy without a prescription:-
- Your local pharmacists can answer these.
- Go to NHS Medicines A to Z – Here you can find further information and answers to your common questions on the NHS Website, how your medicine works, how and when to take it and possible side effects.
- Call us on 01892 833 331, Monday to Friday, when we are open, to book an appointment with one of our pharmacists.
- Fill in an online contact form
- Visit the surgery, when we are open
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