If you are under treatment with repeat medicine for managing your chronic condition, you can get repeat prescription online with less or no inconvenience through the NHS.
Using repeat prescription NHS service will free up the appointments for patients and allow the GPs to use their time efficiently.
If you want to use the NHS Electronic Prescription Service, discuss with your GP practice and your pharmacy that can offer the repeat prescription NHS service.
What are the basics of the repeat prescription NHS?
- A repeat prescription NHS means you can now get your repeat prescription medicine without visiting your doctor
- You must nominate the pharmacy to get your prescription medicine
- Your GP will send a repeat prescription to your nominated chemist electronically
- You should allow at least two full working days to process a repeat prescription
- The authorities at NHS will check where your prescription medicines are getting delivered
- The NHS will also check your repeat prescription every six months
- You must request for a repeat prescription when you have about a week’s medicine supply
- Usually, your GP will issue repeat prescriptions for a maximum of two months
If you are taking regular medicine, you should never wait until you run out of your supply. Re-order your repeat prescription online when you have a supply of one week. This will give enough time for your pharmacy to dispense and deliver your medicine.
Pharmacy Outlet is one of the UK’s registered web pharmacies that offer the repeat prescription NHS service. You can use the service to order repeat as well as single prescriptions. However, you cannot use the service to get your private prescription or veterinary prescription.
The advantage of using the repeat prescription NHS service is that you need not require visiting your GP to collect your paper script. Your GP will directly send your repeat prescription online to Pharmacy Outlet, saving you time.
The repeat prescription NHS service is free, reliable and confidential. The service is a paperless work and it helps save the environment.
Nominate Pharmacy Outlet by completing the electronic prescription form. Alternatively, you can call the customer service team on 03333 222 400 to get more information about the service.
