Repeat
prescriptions
Everyone who is on regular
medication can have it available on a repeat
prescription. As all of our prescription
records are computerised you will receive
a printed list of these repeat medications
every time you receive a prescription. This
list is attached to the prescription form.
Requesting repeat prescriptions
There are a number of
ways to make your request. You can:
- Telephone us on
our prescription line 01803 867901 between
9.00am and 1.00pm, and 2.00pm and 4.00pm
Monday to Friday
- Fax us on 01803
860309 – please make sure you put
your name and address and date of birth
on the fax so that we can correctly identify
you
- Email us on leatside.surgery@nhs.net
again making sure you include information
by which we can correctly identify you
- Tick against the
list of items on the prescription counterfoil
and hand this slip in at reception
- Use our online
service. Click
here to find out more about our online
service and register to use it
Medication reviews
It wouldn’t seem
right to keep getting repeat prescriptions
forever without the medication being kept
under some sort of review. Consequently
you will be asked to see a doctor periodically
for a clinical review or a blood test depending
what medication you are on.
When and how to collect
repeat prescriptions
You can choose to collect
your prescription personally from reception.
Alternatively each of the local chemists
has arrangements in place to collect your
prescription for you and prepare the prescription
for dispensing. If you wish to use this
service please let us or your chosen chemist
know.
The timings for us making your prescription
available to yourself or your representative
are as follows.
Monday to Thursday
Prescriptions requested before 3.00pm will
be available for collection from 2.00pm
the following day from Reception (24 hours) or after 48 hours if collecting direct from a chemist - they need time to collect the prescription from us and make it up for you. A request
received after 3.00pm will not be ready
until the day after (48 hours) or 3 days if collecting direct from a chemist.
Friday
Prescriptions requested by 11.00am will
be ready for collection by 2.00pm the same
day from Reception. Prescriptions requested by 3.00pm will
be ready for collection on Saturday morning. (The Surgery is closed but we give the prescription box to Boots Chemists at the surgery, open
9.00am to 12.30pm). If picking up direct from a chemist remember this will take longer to be ready.
Urgent prescriptions
Sometimes your Doctor
might agree by telephone to provide you
with a prescription that same day. Unless
specified differently urgent prescriptions
issued in the morning will be ready for
collection from 2.00pm that day and those
issued in the afternoon will be ready for
collection from 5.30pm.
Generic prescribing
We do try to keep the
medicines we prescribe under constant review.
This is for clinical reasons and because
there is often a quite large cost difference
between medicines that appear to do the
same job. Some particular brands may appear
to have some slight advantage over others,
but if the difference is slight we will
try, of course, to use the cheaper one.
This cost cutting means that the NHS can
put the savings into other areas of patient
care. To this end we often prescribe medicine
by a “chemical” name rather
than its brand name. For example ibuprofen
rather than Nurofen, omeprazole rather than
Losec, fluoxetine rather than Prozac.
Prepayment certificates
If you have to pay for
your prescriptions and take medication regularly
you might be able to save money by purchasing
a Prescription Prepayment Certificate. An
NHS body, the Prescription Pricing Authority
is responsible for issuing these certificates.
Visit https://www.ppa.org.uk/ppa/ppc/do/PatientOrderPage
to find out more. |
