If you take medicine regularly, you’ll usually have a repeat prescription. This means you can order your medicine without having to see a GP every time.
Please remember to include your Name, Date of birth, Address, Contact Number and the name of medication including the correct dosage you wish to order.
You must be registered with us to make a prescription request.
Ordering repeat prescriptions
The easiest ways to order repeat prescriptions are:
NHS App
This is the quickest and easiest way to order
Phone the Medicines Order Line
Call the dedicated order line
Repeat prescriptions request form
Use the online form
Post in letterbox at the surgery
Use the external post box when the practice is closed or the box by the reception desk
We do not accept repeat prescriptions requests over the telephone or via email.
What happens when you request a prescription
- Request your prescription via your preferred method
- The reception team will submit this request to a GP, or other prescribing clinician (if you use the NHS App the request will be sent directly to the doctor)
- The GP will aim to process your request within 3 working days
- Prescriptions are sent electronically to the pharmacy of your choice where possible
- The pharmacy will prepare it for you (this may take a few extra days, depending on the pharmacy and supplies of medication available)
Collecting your prescription
If you want to check whether your prescription is ready to collect please contact the pharmacy, please note it may take up to a week for it to be ready.
All prescriptions are sent electronically to the patients nominated pharmacy, where possible.
You can change your nominated pharmacy at any time.
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 Medicines A to Z 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, fill out an ask a prescription question form.
Medication review
From time to time your treatment will need to be reviewed by the doctor or another healthcare professional. When this is necessary you will be asked to attend a consultation to review your medication. This may be via a telephone call or a face-to-face appointment.
Prescription charges
Please see the NHS prescription charges information for the latest cost of prescriptions and your eligibility for free prescriptions.
Accessing Pharmacy First services
Pharmacists can suggest over-the-counter (OTC) treatments that do not need a prescription for a range of minor illnesses.
Most pharmacies can also offer prescription medicine for seven common conditions, without you needing to see a GP. Each condition is subject to age eligibility when providing prescription medicine:
| Condition | Age range |
|---|---|
| Uncomplicated urinary tract infections | Women 16 to 64 years |
| Sinusitis | 12 years and over |
| Earache | 1 to 17 years |
| Sore throat | 5 years and over |
| Shingles | 18 years and over |
| Impetigo | 1 year and over |
| Infected insect bites | 1 year and over |
If you are not within these age ranges, a pharmacist can still offer advice and guidance about self care treatment with over-the-counter medicines, but you may still need to see a GP.
Most pharmacies have private consultation rooms that can be used for consultations with patients. After a consultation, the pharmacy will send a notification to the patient’s GP.
Find out more about Pharmacy First.
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.