Repeat Prescriptions

Requests must be made via the NHS APP or via your pharmacist. Please allow 3 WORKING DAYS,

excluding weekends and Bank Holidays, for your request to be processed.

Any changes made by the hospital, should be notified to the surgery.

To avoid serious errors in prescribing, requests will not be taken over the phone or via email.  

We only issue prescriptions electronically - please let us know your regular pharmacy, if you have one.

PLEASE SEE THE SECTION ON ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS - THIS IS THE WAY FORWARD FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.

Prescriptions Charges and Exemptions

Extensive exemption and remission arrangements protect those likely to have difficulty in paying charges (NHS prescription and dental charges, optical and hospital travel costs).

The NHS prescription charge is a flat-rate amount which successive Governments have thought it reasonable to charge for those who can afford to pay for their medicines.  Prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs) offer real savings for people who need extensive medication.

Old or unwanted medicines

Any old or unwanted medicines, should not be thrown down the toilet or placed in the normal household refuse bins.

Please return these medicines to your local pharmacy for disposal - they will be not be reused or recycled.

Do not pass medicines in your name to any other person for them to use.

To avoid medicines waste, please only order the items you require.

https://www.swlmcg.nhs.uk/Policies/Pages/Information-for-Patients.aspx