Click here to order online

Patients on long-term medication can order repeat prescriptions in a number of ways:

• Online: via the link at the top of this page. Please note you will need to register online to use this service 
• By Telephone: Please ring 01706 335360 and select option 2.
• In Person: By completing the printed slip attached to your previous prescription and leaving in the prescription box in the waiting room or post it to us.
• E Mail: lscicb-el.prescriptionswmp@nhs.net

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:

• 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

These charges apply in England only. In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales prescriptions are free of charge.

• Prescription (per item): £9.65
• 12-month prepayment certificate (PPC): £111.60
• 3-month PPC: £31.25

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.

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:

• There are no plans to limit Over The Counter (OTC) medicines for people with long-term health conditions.
• GPs will be able to prescribe in circumstances of clinical need.
• If symptoms persist, please book a GP appointment

We regularly review the medicines available to us and from time to time switch these over to newer or more environmentally friendly products. If this effects you will will notify you of any changes.

Further informaton on current switches is available here.