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HOW
DO I....
OBTAIN
A REPEAT PRESCRIPTION?
Repeat prescriptions
are issued at the doctor’s discretion and are normally for patients on long-term
treatment. You will be issued with a computerised repeat request form attached
to your prescription. Please use this form to request your next prescription by
marking  against the items you require and indicate if you wish your prescription
to go directly to one of the named chemists. Repeat request forms being delivered
to the surgery should be put through the letterbox on the front door unless you
have a query to make at reception. You may post your request, enclosing a stamped,
self-addressed envelope if you wish us to post it back to you. Please allow at
least two complete working days for all requests to be processed, making allowances
for weekends and public holidays.
Repeat dispensing is available at the doctor's discretion for certain medications and allows prescriptions to be issued in advance. Please ask at reception for more information.
Requests for repeat prescriptions
are not taken over the telephone as mistakes can be made.
Free
Prescriptions
The following patients are entitled to free
prescriptions on the NHS:
- Patients 60 years of age and above
- Patients
under 16 years of age
- Patients under 19 years in full-time education
- Patients on income support or family credit
- Women who are pregnant or
have had a baby in the last 12 months
- Patients undergoing treatment for cancer, including for the effects of cancer or the effects of current or previous cancer treatment.
- Patients suffering from one of the
following conditions:
Epilepsy requiring continuous anti-convulsant treatment
Diabetes, Diabetes Insipidus
Hypothyroidism, Hypoparathyroidism
Addison’s Disease
Myasthenia Gravis
A continuing physical
disability which prevents you from leaving home without the help of another person
Please
ask at reception for the appropriate exemption form. When you have completed the
patient’s section return it to reception so the doctor can sign it and send
it to the Prescriptions Pricing Authority.
Prescription
"Season Ticket"
If you need a number of medications
on a frequent basis and are not entitled to free prescriptions you may save money
by buying a “season ticket”.
Ask at reception for the appropriate
form.
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