Ordering repeat prescriptions
The easiest ways to order repeat prescriptions are:
- Online via the NHS App – this is the safest and most efficient way to order your repeat prescriptions. The NHS App is available on both computers & smartphones. See “Online Services” for more
These accounts show you all your repeat medicine and dosage and you can choose the ones you need.
Alternatively you can also:
- Drop your repeat slip at reception or our post box with your required items ticked
Please order using the repeat slip which is attached to your previous prescription – your pharmacist will give it to you when you collect your medication; if they do not then please ask them.
Non-urgent advice: Please Note
Collecting your prescription
You can usually collect your prescription from the pharmacy 2 working days after you have ordered it.
Medication required at short notice:
Only medication on this list may be issued as “urgent” on the day. All other medications will require the 2 working days to be processed, even if this means you have to miss a couple of days. These other medications take time to work their way out of your system so no harm will come.
We can issue the following medicines at short notice:
– Adrenaline auto-injector pens (EG EpiPen, Emerade)
– Anticipatory/palliative care medication
– End of life medicines
– Anti-depressants: all
– Anti-psychotics / Lithium
– Asthma inhalers
– Epilepsy medication
– Gender dysphoria – all medications
– GTN spray
– HRT – all medications
– Hydrocortisone tablets
– Insulin
– Low molecular weight heparins
– Parkinsons’ medications (EG Co-beneldopa/Levodopa)
– Prednisolone
– Warfarin
If your medicine is not listed here then we will issue following our usual process: 2 working days Thank-you for your understanding.
You will need to choose a pharmacy to collect your prescription from. We call this nominating a pharmacy.
You can change your nominated pharmacy at any time:
- On the app or website where you order repeat prescriptions
- At your GP practice
- At any pharmacy that accepts repeat prescriptions
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:
- Contact us Online
- Phone our Practice after 10am on 0113 221 1888
Electronic Prescribing Service
All routine prescriptions are sent electronically to your nominated pharmacy. You can nominate any pharmacy.
Please nominate your preferred pharmacy in the NHS App, or simply tell us, even if you do not have a regular repeat prescription.
Nominate a pharmacy near your workplace – collect it in your lunch break. Nominate the pharmacy in your supermarket and collect when you do your shopping. Nominate the pharmacy which has the most convenient parking.
Medication reviews
If you have a repeat prescription, you must have a medication review at least annually. This is so we can ensure your medications continue to be effective and safe. Information about when your review is due can be found on NHS App.
Prescription charges
Find out more about prescription charges (nhs.uk).
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.
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.
Prescriptions requested by private healthcare providers
Our policy on responding to requests for “shared care”, received from private healthcare providers
“Shared care” in this context means healthcare that is shared between two healthcare providers from different settings.
For example: a GP and a private healthcare provider: a person may see a private doctor who recommends prescribing certain medication. There are occasions on which the patient pays the private doctor to prescribe the medication, however they then ask us to carry out the necessary regular blood test to check the medication is safe and effective. This is asking us to enter into a “shared care” agreement – and the below policy applies. There are other occasions on which the patient (or their private GP) has asked us to prescribe the medication. This is also asking us to enter into a “shared care” agreement – and the below policy applies.
For example: a GP and a hospital consultant. The hospital consultant may recommend certain medication and request that we prescribe it, and / or ask us to carry out the necessary regular blood test to check the medication is safe and effective. This is asking us to enter into a “shared care” agreement – and the below policy applies.
Our policy is as follows: We follow the BMA guidance.
Exceptions may be made on a case by case basis, following a discussion between several GPs.
Our main exception is that we will enter into shared care agreements for the following:
- Patients who we have already agreed to prescribe for
- Patients who are under a private provider but it is for NHS care
- Trans/non-binary patients under a private clinic that meets the criteria in our trans healthcare policy (which uses guidance issued by the General Medical Council)
The reason for making an exception for our trans and non binary patients is that there is an extremely long wait for NHS services and no work being done to reduce it. (Unlike ADHD, for example, where there is the Right To Choose pathway or a surgical waiting list ie there is funding to reduce these).
“Prescribing” under shared care agreements includes any testing that is required to ensure safety and or efficacy (eg blood tests).