Non-urgent advice: NHS App
– easily see the details of medicines/ items healthcare professionals have confirmed for you
– use a prescription barcode to collect your medicine if you don’t have a nominated pharmacy, without needing to collect a paper prescription
This functionality is being rolled out gradually and will be available to all patients in England in early 2024.
For help and support, visit prescriptions in the NHS App
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Send Your Prescription Direct to Pharmacy
New electronic prescribing service (EPS) is replacing the need for most paper prescriptions, you can send your prescription electronically from your doctor’s surgery to your chosen pharmacy.
What Does this Mean for you?
- If you collect your repeat prescription from your GP you will not have to visit your GP practice to pick up your prescription. Instead, your GP will send it electronically to the place you choose, saving you time.
- You will have more choice about where you get your medicines from because they can be collected from a pharmacy near to where you live, work or shop.
- You may not have a to wait as long at the pharmacy as there will be time for your repeat prescriptions to be ready before you arrive.
How Do you Arrange for Your Prescription to go Electronically?
To do this you must nominate a pharmacy or dispensing contractor of your choice. Once you have done this your GP practice can send your prescription electronically.
Ask reception, your pharmacy or dispensing appliance contractor that offers EPS to add your nomination for you. If you are registered on the NHS App you can add your own nominated pharmacy.
You don’t need a computer to use EPS.
Request your prescription in the usual way, giving 48hrs notice then collect from your pharmacy.
Lost Prescriptions
The Practice will not re-issue prescriptions for any medication which:
- has been lost or stolen
- has been taken at a dose greater than prescribed causing the prescription to last less than intended.
This applies regardless of the circumstances and situation.
Sharing Medication
The Practice does not permit medication to be taken by anyone other than the patient to whom it was prescribed. Sharing, borrowing, etc. is strictly not permitted.
Requesting repeat medication which is not for your personal use is fraud and may be reported to NHS Counter Fraud Authority.
Possession of a Controlled Drug without a valid prescription is a criminal offence.
Medication Information
Information relating to specific medications can be found here.