For patient safety we do not accept telephone requests for medication under any circumstances.
Requests for repeat medication can be handed in at reception, put through our letterbox when we are closed, posted to us or requested through this web site by completing the online form Online Enquiry Form. Please enclose a stamped, self addressed envelope if you wish the prescription to be sent to you. Allow 72 hours excluding weekends or bank holidays for the prescription to be completed. Prescriptions can be collected from the reception desk.
Alternatively, all the local chemists operate a collection service of patients' prescriptions from our surgery, so please speak to your pharmacist to enquire about this service.
We are also equipped to provide prescriptions electronically. See our receptionists about registering for this service. You will need to nominate a particular pharmacy.
It is our policy and that of the government to issue two months' supply of drugs at a time.
Medication reviews
If you have a repeat prescription, we may ask you to come in for a regular review. Please book a routine appointment for your review using the online form Online Enquiry Form. If you do not book a review when asked, you may be placed on 7 day prescriptions.
Questions about your prescription
If you have questions about your medicine or your prescription please contact the surgery.
Your local pharmacists can also answer any questions about your prescription. They can answer questions on medicines you can buy without a prescription.
Find a pharmacy
NHS Medicines A to Z
Prescription charges
Find out more about prescription charges on nhs.uk.
About pharmacists
As qualified healthcare professionals, they 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.
Find a pharmacy
Many pharmacies are open until late and at weekends. You do not need an appointment.
Most pharmacies have a private room where you can discuss issues with pharmacy staff.
Wasted Medicines
Wasted Medicine is everyone's responsibility and there are small changes you can make to help reduce the amount of medicine being wasted.
These savings could be reinvested into more front line care and services that benefit all.
Unused medication cannot be recycled. It must be thrown away, whether or not the packaging has been opened.
Did You Know
That if the patients on our Asthma registered wasted just ONE inhaler per year this would cost the NHS £8682.00.
Unused prescription medication cost the NHS in the UK an estimated £300million each year. This could pay for........
11,778 More Community Nurses or
80,906 MORE Hip Replacements or
312.175 MORE Cataract Operations or
More drug treatments courses for breast cancer or Alzheimer's.
For more information on Medicines Waste please visit www.medicinewaste.com
A message for all our Patients:
Only Order the medication that you require, and never over order.
Thank you.