Prescribing and Medication

Information about your medicine

If you want to know more about your medicines we can recommend this useful website below. If after this you still need more information please contact us at the surgery or speak to your local pharmacist.

www.patient.co.uk/dils.asp

Taking your medication as directed

If you have been prescribed some medication and it doesn’t agree with you it is important that you tell us. It is a rare situation where we would expect you to take a medicine that made you feel worse than you did before you took it. There is often an alternative treatment so please let us know if there have been problems. Incorrectly used medicines cost the NHS a lot of money every year so please let us know if you are unable to take them as we prescribed.

Repeat prescriptions

Many patients require the same medicine on a regular basis e.g blood pressure tablets or asthma inhalers. These are put on repeat prescription in order to make it convenient for you to take medicines without needing to see someone every time you need it. All medicine needs to be reviewed on an annual basis, however some medicines require patients to be reviewed more often.

When your medication review is due a GP may call you or a letter will be attached to your prescription advising you to make an appointment.

Click here to order your repeat prescription online