Repeat Prescriptions

Please allow 48 working hours to process repeat prescriptions

In order to obtain further supplies of your regular (repeat) medication, please return the right hand side  of your previous prescription to us, with the item(s) you require ticked.  

This can be either be:    Posted in the prescription posting box on our front door

                                     Posted to us via Royal Mail

                                     Faxed to us on 01694 724604

You can also email the request to us at churchstrettonmedicalcentre@nhs.net

 

If the drug you require is not on the sheet, you will need to speak to our prescription administrator who is only available in the mornings.  Repeat medication is reviewed on a regular basis and you may be asked to make an appointment with a doctor or attend a clinic before another prescription is issued.

 

Prescription Collection Times

                    Requested by lunchtime on:                                 Ready for collection on:

                              Monday                                                       Wednesday afternoon

                              Tuesday                                                         Thursday afternoon

                            Wednesday                                                          Friday afternoon

                              Thursday                                                           Monday afternoon

                                Friday                                                              Tuesday afternoon

 

Prescriptions sent direct to the Church Stretton pharmacies

The practice and the local pharmacies in Church Stretton offer a service which enables patients to collect their medication from the pharmacy of their choice without having to collect the prescription from the practice first.  If you wish to do take advance of this service, please inform one of our receptionists and state which pharmacy you prefer to use.

Please note we will still require 48 working hours to process your prescription before it is sent to the pharmacy.

Wasted Medicines in Shropshire

Unused/unwanted medicines at home:

Have you recently changed or stopped a medicine?

Do you have unused/unwanted medicines at home?

Are your medicines stored safely and correctly? - some need special storage

 

Extra stocks of medicines stored at home can be dangerous:

Unwanted medicines can cause confusion - which is the correct one to take and taking the wrong medicines can have potentially dangerous health consequences.

Children are at danger - they can easily confuse medicines for sweets.

All medicines have an expiry date, after which they are not as effective, this also applies to medicines bought over the counter.

 

Patients can help by:

Not ordering repeat medicines too early and order only what is needed.

Tell the practice if you no longer need a medicine (perhaps the hospital had changed or stopped your medicine, or you have side effects and have stopped it yourself)

Return all unused or out of date medicines to the local pharmacy, this includes any over the counter medicines you no longer require.

 

Unfortunately once medicines have been dispensed they can not be reused if returned, even if unopened.  All medicines must be incinerated under NHS rules (you would not wish to receive someone else’s returned medicines which may not have been stored properly).

 

Please DO NOT:

Dispose of medicines yourself in rubbish bins - this can cause environmental damage.

Flush them down the toilet - this is illegal and can cause environmental damage.

Give medicines to anyone else to use - this could have serious health consequences.

Bring them to the practice - we can not accept them (please take them to the local pharmacy)

DO NOTHING

 

At the practice:

We are constantly reviewing patients’ medicines and our medicine management systems, which means that some medications may no longer appear on your repeat medicine order form.  These are medicines which you have stopped taking in agreement with your doctor or the hospital.

 

But please remember

Do Not Stop taking your medicines if they are needed, if in doubt please talk to your doctor.

Do Not Keep taking medicines to ‘use them up’ if your doctor or the hospital has told you to stop taking them.