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The easiest ways to order repeat prescriptions are:
nhsnwl.alpertonmedicalcentre@nhs.net
Your online account shows you all your repeat medicine and dosage and you can choose the ones you need.
You can also:
We do not take repeat prescription requests over the phone for safety purposes .
Your prescription will be ready to be collected from your nominated pharmacy after48 working hours from the time of ordering.
You can change your nominated pharmacy at any time:
If you do not have a nominated pharmacy, you can come to the practie after 48 working hours from the time of ordering your prescription.
Your hospital prescriptions or your private prescrptions are not treated as urgent.
Your hospital give you two weeks medications at the time of discharge.
Therefore, please allow enough time (at least 48 working hours) for us to process your prescriptions.
Further, some of your medications given by the hospital cannot be repeated by the GP. It could be due to many reasons.
The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is an NHS service. It gives you the chance to change how your GP sends your prescription to the place you choose to get your medicines or appliances from.
What does this mean for you?
You will have more choice about where to get your medicines from because they can be collected from a pharmacy near to where you live, work or shop.
For further information on:
If you have questions about your medicine, your local pharmacists can answer these. They can also answer questions on medicines you can buy without a prescription.
The NHS website has information on how your medicine works, how and when to take it, possible side effects and answers to your common questions.
If you would like to speak to someone at the GP surgery about your prescription:
If you have a repeat prescription, we may ask you to come in for a regular review. We will be in touch when you need to come in for a review.
Your medication may not be authorised if you are overdue for your review. In this instance, you may get a call either from a clinician or from a member of staff.
Please note your one off medications (Acute) cannot be repeated without a review. In this instance, we will have to book a routine appointment with a clinician for a review.
Find out more about prescription charges (nhs.uk).
Take it to the pharmacy you got it from or bring it in to the surgery. Do not put it in your household bin or flush it down the toilet.
Following a recent public consultation regarding over the counter (OTC) medications, NHS England has issued guidance for medications that should no longer be routinely prescribed, to empower people to self-care and to ensure our limited resources are used in the best possible way. This is particularly focuses on medicines of limited effectiveness, those for self-limiting conditions, and those for conditions that can be easily managed through self-care. Residents are being called on by #HelpMyNHS to help free up millions of pounds for frontline NHS services by buying low cost medicines (easily available from pharmacies and supermarkets) for short term ailments to help ensure the long-term sustainability of the NHS.
This applies to both children and adults. Exceptions to this will only apply to specific medication required for long-term conditions or for vulnerable people considered unable to self-care. Medicines that can be purchased OTC for the following conditions will no longer be prescribed by your GP, but your local pharmacy can provide advice and medicines for these conditions and more:
From the 1st September 2019, we will no longer be routinely prescribing these medications.
There are several aims of this policy:
To save the NHS money and to reduce unnecessary GP consultations. The NHS only receives a defined budget, and money spent on medication that could be purchased OTC is then not available for other needs. There are roughly 57 million GP consultations for minor conditions each year, which costs the NHS £2.3 billion per year. In 2017 the NHS spent £568 million (£18 million in E. Sussex) on prescriptions for medicines that could be cheaply bought OTC from pharmacy and supermarkets. If more people take responsibility for their self-care by using OTC medicines, the NHS will have more money to spend on nurses, cancer treatments and GP services.
To empower patients to take more responsibility for their own health and manage minor medical ailments themselves. Currently 90% of consultations for minor conditions end up with a prescription being issued, but of those medications 80% could have been bought over the counter. Every time an NHS prescription is dispensed from a UK pharmacy it costs the NHS £9, which is either paid by the NHS itself (if a patient is exempt) or by the patient themselves, and is often far more than the cost to buy OTC.
Generic own-brand medications (i.e. ibuprofen) work as well as branded medications (i.e. Nurofen).
Below are supermarket prices (Which may vary) for some common medications that cost considerably less than a prescription:
Simple medications such as these can be seen as a normal part of our own selfcare within a typical grocery shop, alongside food/suncream/toothpaste/shampoos/moisturisers/etc. Speak to your local pharmacy about stocking up on medications to treat common conditions for you and your family. By keeping a selection of essential medication at home you can treat common conditions in a timely manner, and avoid unnecessary trips to your doctor and/or even visits to the A+E.
Examples of over the conditions and over-the-counter products not suitable for prescribing
Minor conditions associated with pain/fever Ear wax drops, Cold sore creams, Sore throat Hayfever/Rhinitis
Paracetamol Difflam soray Antihistamines (i.e. Cetirizine,
Ibuprofen Benxydamin spray Loratadine, Piriton)
Aspirin Nasal sprays (i.e. Beconase,
Deep heat Flixonase)
Ibuprofen gel
Voltarol gel
Colic Dry eyes Ringworm/athletes foot
Simethicone drops Artificial tears (i.e. hypromellose, Antifungal creams (i.e. miconazole,
Infacol optrex, vicotears) canestan)
Coleif Excessive sweating
Head lice Infrequent constipation Suncreams
Lyclear, permethrin, dimeticone, etc. Laxatives (i.e. movicol, laxido, senna, lactulose)
Diarhoea (adults only) Haemorrhoids Supplements and vitamins
Loperamide/Imodium Non-steroid containing products (i.e. ansuol) Multivitamins
Rehydration sachets (i.e. dioralyte) Vitamin D 1000 units or less
Dandruff
Shampoos (i.e. Capasal, T-gel, nizoral)
Mild dry skin Infant formula (except for pre-term Threadworm
Moisturisers (i.e. E45, oilatum, doublease) or cows milk protein allergy) Mebendazole
Ovex
Warts and verrucae Mild irritant dermatitis Indigestion and heartburn
Salicyclic acid E45 itch Gaviscon
Bazuka Eurax Peptac
Hydrocortisone 1% cream Rennie