*** Update 28/3/2024: A small number of patients’ requests this week did not arrive. If you did not get an email receipt of your request, please assume we did not receive your request either. You should resend it. If this happens again you can give a written request to the practice or ask your pharmacy to place an order on your behalf. We apologise for any inconvenience ***

Information about medication is available from NHS Scotland here:  Medicines information - Tests & treatments | NHS inform

Information about pharmacies in Scotland, including what conditions they can treat directly without a prescription, is available here: Pharmacy services in Scotland | NHS inform

IMPORTANT NOTE

Please be aware that current turnaround times mean that you should give a full 4 working days for the Practice to process your prescription requests. This may be longer around a Public Holiday. Please plan ahead and make your requests in plenty of time.

What is a Repeat Prescription?

A Repeat Prescription is one where your GP has authorised repeat issues of medication in your medical record which is valid until your next annual birthday review check is due.

Where do I get my medicines from?

The Practice is not a dispensing practice – your medication needs to be issued by a pharmacy.

In an emergency

If you receive repeat prescriptions from us, local pharmacies can issue a short supply of most medicines. This is at the discretion of the pharmacist, and you must renew your usual prescription as soon as possible.

If you are away, most pharmacies in the UK can also provide this service.

Requesting a prescription

Simply fill in the practice request form and your request will be submitted to the practice electronically.        

You can also order your medicines by ticking the items you need on the counterfoil of your last prescription and submit this to the practice. There is no need for an accompanying letter and, if you are bringing your request to reception, we prefer that you do not use an envelope.
If the top left corner of your counterfoil doesn’t mention your preferred collection point, or if you would like to change its usual destination, please write where you would like to collect your prescription in the top right corner of your counterfoil.

These pharmacies either collect prescriptions from us to process or we have mailing envelopes to mail prescriptions to them. Many of them can set up a SMS message to your phone when you medication is ready to collect – this needs to be discussed with your pharmacy, we can not set it up for you.

List of pharmacies that collect prescriptions from the practice:

List of pharmacies we post prescriptions to:

*please note - we use royal mail delivery service for those so it might take longer for your prescription to be ready - please allow additional 3 working days when placing your order.

If you do not have your counterfoil, simply write your name, address, date of birth and a list of the required medication on a piece of paper. Please note that the staff have been instructed by the doctors not to accept telephone requests in order to ensure mistakes are not made.

You should ask for your repeat medication well in advance of needing it. Please ask for everything you will need during the next month as it will be easier for us than dealing with several prescriptions for one individual during the course of a month. Please remember that we deal with a large number of prescription requests every day and it is difficult for the staff and the doctors to process last minute urgent requests.

If you are consulting a doctor

They will be happy to arrange printing your repeat prescription during your consultation. Please do not, however, request prescriptions for other members of your family at your consultation. These should be requested in the normal way.

Prescription collection

You can collect your prescription directly from your preferred pharmacy.

It can also be mailed to you if you have supplied us with a stamped addressed envelope. If you are using the postal service to send your request and receive your prescription back, we suggest you allow seven days. We can mail it back to you without waiting for the SAE to save some time, but we change a £1 fee for postage and admin costs. We can take payment by card over the phone.

Notice Period

Please allow 4 WORKING DAYS for your prescription to be processed by the Practice.