You can also register for NHS App this is the quickest way to order a prescription and also have access to your medical records.

To avoid any risk of error we ask for a written request at least two working days in advance. In most cases you will be given a special computer slip for you to indicate the items required with a tick (please note that any item not ticked will not be prescribed).

We do not take repeat prescription requests over the phone or email, with the exception of Housebound Patients.

You can usually collect your prescription from the pharmacy 3 to 5 working days after you have ordered it.

You will need to choose a pharmacy to collect your prescription from. We call this nominating a pharmacy.

You can change your nominated pharmacy at any time:

• on the NHS app or website where you order repeat prescriptions
• at your GP practice
• at any pharmacy that accepts repeat prescriptions

As qualified healthcare professionals, pharmacists can offer advice on minor illnesses such as:

• coughs
• colds
• sore throats
• tummy trouble
• aches and pains

They can also advise on medicine that you can buy without a prescription.

• Find a pharmacy - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Many pharmacies are open until late and at weekends. You do not need an appointment.

Most pharmacies have a private consultation room where you can discuss issues with pharmacy staff without being overheard.

Find a pharmacy - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Antibiotics

Antibiotic resistance is a real threat to society. It is increasing year on year and when all the bugs are resistant, we will no longer be able to offer procedures such as hip replacements, transplants and cancer treatment.

It is therefore very important that we do not use these drugs for self limiting straightforward conditions.

Please be prepared to bear with the doctor if he/she does not wish to prescribe antibiotics.

Sleeping tablets and tranquilisers

These drugs are not licensed for long term use and the policy of the practice is not to prescribe sleeping medication at all, other than for patients in terminal care.

Analgesics

In American prescribing opioid medication kills more patients than road traffic accidents. Evidence is clear that they do not work beyond a three month period and are not used in centres of excellence, such as St Thomas's pain clinic.

We have a strict policy of trying to withdraw patients on long term opioids from treatment.