Patients on long-term medication can order repeat prescriptions in a number of ways:
All medication requests take up to two working days to be processed. Please put your requests in with plenty of time to avoid delays in continuing to take your medication.
If you would like your prescription to be collected by a pharmacy and / or delivered to your home, please contact your preferred pharmacy to arrange this.
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:
These charges apply in England only. In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales prescriptions are free of charge.
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.
There is further information about prescription exemptions and fees on the NHS website.
As a result of local and national strategies please be aware that we will be limiting prescriptions of Over The Counter (OTC) medicines for minor ailments.
This means that instead of receiving prescriptions for short term conditions (e.g. for paracetamol or ibuprofen), patients will be encouraged to self care and buy these from their own local Pharmacy or Supermarket.
East Lancs Clinical Commissioning Group - CCG (CCGs are clinically led statutory bodies responsible for the planning and Commissioning of health care services for their local area) have provided the following document on information regarding:
- Self-care
- Pharmacy first
- Medicine cabinet essentials: what should you have in your medicines cabinet?
Click here to view the East Lancs CCG Self Care Web Page
Please note that: