Online Prescription Ordering System
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Repeat Prescriptions
Repeat prescriptions can be obtained by:
- handing in your request slip at reception
- posting it to us with a stamped addressed envelope
- posting it into the secure mailbox on our Corporation Street entrance outside normal opening hours
- making the request through the Patient Access service online via the link at the top of this page.
Please allow 48 hours for your request to be processed. If you have a query regarding your prescription and you need to contact the surgery please phone 0113 2951600 option 2. We are available to take your call Monday – Friday 10:00am – 4:00pm
Electronic Prescribing Service
This practice is set up for the electronic prescription service. This means that for most patients we can send your prescription to your chosen chemist directly saving you having to come down to the surgery.To get your prescription sent to your chosen pharmacy you will have to ask reception to sign up.For more information please click here.
Prescription Fees
Help with NHS costs
In England, around 90% of prescription items are dispensed free. This includes exemptions from charging for those on low incomes, such as:
- those on specific benefits or through the NHS Low Income Scheme
- those who are age exempt
- those with certain medical conditions
- More information is available at NHS Choices
NHS Charges
These charges apply in England only. In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales prescriptions are free of charge.
- Prescription (per item): £9.15
- 12-month prepayment certificate (PPC): £105.90
- 3-month PPC: £29.65
If you will have to pay for four or more prescription items in three months or more than 14 items in 12 months, you may find it cheaper to buy a PPC.
- Telephone advice and order line 0845 850 0030
- General Public – Buy or Renew a PPC On-line
There is further information about prescription exemptions and fees on the NHS website.
Medicines Waste: Only Order What You Need
What’s the problem?
A report by the Department of Health estimates that unused medicines cost the NHS around £300 million every year, with an estimated £110 million worth of medicine returned to pharmacies, £90 million worth of unused prescriptions being stored in homes and £50 million worth of medicines disposed of by Care Homes.
These startling figures don’t even take into account the cost to patients’ health if medicines are not being correctly taken. If medicine is left unused, this could lead to worsening symptoms and extra treatments that could have been avoided.
Why are medicines wasted?
Sometimes patients receive medicines they don’t actually use, or use only occasionally. This means that they can lose out on the intended health benefits of their prescription. The reasons why patients don’t take all their medication can vary and audits have shown that around half of all the medication returned had not even been opened. This means that patients are ordering and receiving medication that they don’t even start to use.
By reducing the amount of medicines being wasted each year, we could increase the available funding for other desperately needed health services.
Let your GP or pharmacist know
- if you have difficulty taking your medicines
- if you have stopped taking any medicines
Tell your GP if, after taking your medicine
- you are not feeling better
- you are suffering side-effects
- you don’t believe the medicine is right for you
Your pharmacist will be able to explain:
- what your medicine is for
- why you need to take it
- how to take your medicine
- confirm it is the right medicine, if it looks different