Repeat Prescriptions

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

In Person - drop your repeat counterfoil in at reception with the required items clearly marked.

By Post - send it to us with a stamped addressed envelope if you want us to post it back to you.

By Email - Please email the practice on our generic email nelondonicb.F86658discharge@nhs.net with your request.

On-line - you will require a password for this. (please enquire at reception)

We are unable to accept prescription requests over the telephone unless you are a housebound patient.

Some Pharmacies also offer a free delivery service to help elderly and housebound patients. Speak to your chemist to see if they offer collection/delivery facilities.

Private Prescriptions

Please note we will not always be able to transfer private prescriptions over to the NHS. The medication usually needs to be started under the supervision of the prescribing consultant. Subsequent medication may be issued by the practice after we have had prior notification from the consultant informing us of a diagnosis and the need for ongoing/continual treatment.

Medication Reviews

Patients on repeat medication will be asked to see either a doctor, nurse practitioner or practice nurse at least once a year to review these regular medications.

Please allow two full working days between requesting and collecting your medication.

Prescriptions Charges and Exemptions

Extensive exemption and remission arrangements protect those likely to have difficulty in paying charges (NHS prescription and dental charges, optical and hospital travel costs).

The NHS prescription charge is a flat-rate amount which successive Governments have thought it reasonable to charge for those who can afford to pay for their medicines.  Prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs) offer real savings for people who need extensive medication.

The practice offers an Electronic Prescription Service.(EPS)

You may either register for this service at the practice or you preferred Pharmacy.

The patient still requests their repeat prescriptions the usual way, but we can now send your prescription electronically to your nominated Pharmacy.

This enables you to go straight to the Pharmacy to collect your medication instead of calling into the surgery to collect your paper repeat prescription.

For further information please ask at the practice or your local Pharmacy.

This service still requires 48 hours notice.

"The Electronic Prescribing Service". This service lets your GP practice send your prescription electronically to the place you choose to get your medication or appliance from - without the need for paper in some cases. this means there is less need for people with repeat prescriptions to call at their GP practice just to  collect a prescription. Patients will be able to pick up their medication straight from the pharmacy without having to collect their prescription form the surgery. ( To enrol onto the EPS (Electronic Prescribing Service please ask reception staff for the "Patient Nomination Request Form" )

Spending NHS money wisely 2

Changes to prescribing and other services

In order to protect funding our most essential health services - things like cancer care, emergency care, life threatening conditions and mental health services - GPs across Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge are making further changes to prescribing and other NHS services. From January 2018 we will be:

 Stopping prescribing over the counter sleeping tablets, sunscreens, anti-malarial medicines

Stopping certain ‘non-essential’ procedures

Restricting who is eligible for cataract surgery and podiatry.

Like many areas across the country, we are faced with some very difficult choices to protect essential health services. The care and treatment that we provide every day for patients is funded by taxpayers’ money. That’s why we have a duty to spend it wisely, to make sure we get the best value we possibly can for every penny – especially when NHS funding is being severely squeezed and we are seeing more patients with more complex health issues than ever before.

Why are we doing this?

Like many areas across the country, we are faced with some very difficult choices to protect essential health services. The care and treatment that we provide every day for patients is funded by taxpayers’ money. That’s why we have a duty to spend it wisely, to make sure we get the best value we possibly can for every penny – especially when NHS funding is being severely squeezed and we are seeing more patients with more complex health issues than ever before.

To protect essential services in our area we have to make savings of £55 million and we must look at further reducing spending now. Local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) recently held an eight week public consultation talking about some of the things we thought we could save money on.

A full breakdown of the proposals and what was approved is attached and is also now available on our websites:

www.barkingdagenhamccg.nhs.uk/spending-wisely

www.haveringccg.nhs.uk/spending-wisely

www.redbridgeccg.nhs.uk/spending-wisely

Unfortunately, no change is not an option, and it’s up to us – with the public’s help - to get the local NHS onto a secure and sustainable footing to make sure we can maintain those vital services for you and your families.

The areas of NHS spend listed above add up to around savings of up to £3.75 million a year. These are services and treatments that aren’t life threatening, as we want to make sure that local people will always be able to get treatment for conditions like cancer, heart disease and serious mental illness.

We know some of these decisions won’t be popular, but we have to look at where we can save money so we can protect priority, lifesaving services for all.

Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Groups

Wasted Medicine

Is everyone's responsibility and there are small changes you can make to help reduce the amount of medicine being wasted. These savings could be reinvested into more front line care and services that benefit all. Unused medication cannot be recycled. It must be thrown away, whether or not the packaging has been opened.

DID YOU KNOW:

Unused prescription medication cost the NHS in the UK an estimated £300million each year. This could pay for........ 11,778 More Community Nurses or 80,906 MORE Hip Replacements or 312.175 MORE Cataract Operations or more drug treatments courses for breast cancer or Alzheimer's.

Only Order the medication that you require, and never over order.

For more information on: Medication Wastage please click on the:http://www.medicinewaste.com/

Leaflet:  Medication Wastage: Please use link below: http://www.manageyourmedicines.co.uk/docs/NHS_MedicineWaste_6page_leaflet_Web.pdf

Please click on the link below to put in a request for your repeat prescription.

 repeat prescription

Please allow 48 hours, excluding weekends and Bank Holidays, for your request to be processed. Any problems please telephone the surgery ON 0208 491 3303.