Order a Repeat Prescription

If you forget to obtain a prescription for repeat medication and thus run out of important medicines, you may be able to get help from your Pharmacy. Under the Urgent Provision of Repeat Medication Service, Pharmacists may be able to supply you with a further cycle of a previously repeated medicine, without having to get a prescription from your GP. 

If you have run out of important medication, telephone your usual Pharmacy to check that they offer this service; if they don’t, they may either direct you to another Pharmacy who does provide it, or ask you to phone 111 where you can request details of a local Pharmacy that provides the service.

You must then take with you to the relevant Pharmacy, proof of both your identification and of your medication (for example, your repeat prescription list or the empty box which should have your details printed on it). Please note that controlled drugs and antibiotics are not provided through this service, you will need to ring 111 for these.

If you receive stoma products from your Pharmacy or other supplier and/or receive items such as continence products, please ensure you have sufficient supplies as you may encounter difficulties in obtaining these over Bank Holidays, or when the Surgery is closed.

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You can post your prescription slip or written request to us at the Practice. You must include a stamped addressed envelope for return by post if you will not be able to pick up your prescription from the Surgery (please allow extra time for any possible delays with the postal service).

We can dispense to most patients at Woodcote Surgery and to some patients at Goring Surgery, if they live more than a mile from the chemist. This is a statutory limitation.

Urgent medicines for these patients are usually available immediately after seeing the doctor but, if not in stock, can be ordered to arrive the next day.

• Prescriptions can be collected between the hours of 8:00am – 6:30pm, Monday to Friday.
• Our dispensary is closed between 1pm – 2pm and controlled drugs are not available to be collected during this time.
• Please allow 3 full working days for issue of repeat prescriptions.

You can order in person by returning the right-hand half of a previous prescription for the required medications, or by submitting a handwritten request.

We do not accept requests for repeat prescriptions by telephone. This prevents dangerous errors being made and leaves the telephone lines free for urgent matters.

When you are discharged from Hospital you should normally receive seven days supply of medication.

On receipt of your discharge medication, which will be issued to you by the Hospital, please contact the Surgery to provide them with this information before your supply of medication has run out.

Hospital requests for change of medication will be checked by a prescribing clinician first, and if necessary a prescribing clinician will provide you with a prescription on request. 

The Doctors at the Practice regularly review the medication you are taking. This may involve monitoring your blood tests and making changes to your tablets.

Please ensure you have had your annual bloods if required in advance of the appointment.

Non-repeat prescriptions, known as ‘acute’ prescriptions are medicines that have been issued by the Doctor but not added to your repeat prescription records. This is normally a new medication issued for a trial period, and may require a review visit with your Doctor prior to the medication being added onto your repeat prescription records.

Some medications are recorded as acute as they require to be closely monitored by the Doctor. Examples include many anti-depressants, drugs of potential abuse or where the prescribing is subject to legal or clinical restrictions or special criteria. If this is the case with your medicine, you may not always be issued with a repeat prescription until you have consulted with your Doctor again.

Our Practice policy is to prescribe on a monthly basis. The reason for this is to improve the quality and safety of prescribing by encouraging frequent reviews by both the doctors and the dispensers, and to avoid the waste that occurs when medications are changed or when drugs are ordered but are not required. If you feel that you might have exceptional circumstances and would like to request that you receive prescriptions for more than one month, please put your request in writing or email to the Practice Manager, Kamlesh Patel.

A GP, nurse or pharmacist will generally not give you a prescription for over-the-counter (OTC) medicines for a range of minor health conditions.