Our admin staff NO LONGER ACCEPT prescription requests over the telephone. You can email us, write to us, go through your chosen pharmacy (when available) or use our online services or the NHS app to order your repeat prescriptions.

Registration is required for our online services; please contact reception for details or see below for online services registration form, if you do fill this form out you will need to bring a copy of your ID to the surgery. 

If you do email us at  reception.gcs@nhs.net, please add your name and date of birth, and the name of the medication you are requesting. Please also remember that this email is for prescriptions only.

Please allow three full working days for prescriptions to be processed and remember to take weekends and bank holidays into account.

Patients on repeat medication will be asked to see a Doctor, Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Pharmacist or Practice Nurse at least once a year to review these regular medications and a notification should appear on your repeat slip.

Please ensure that you book an appropriate appointment to avoid unnecessary delays to further prescriptions.

A range of medicines that are available to buy over the counter from pharmacies and supermarkets are no longer routinely prescribed by GP surgeries, as they have been in the past. These are the type of medicines that are associated with a number of minor, short term health conditions which either get better by themselves or can be easily self-treated.  

Which minor illnesses are included?  

The change applies to medicines for a total of 35 conditions. These include coughs, colds, acute sore throat, infrequent cold sores of the lip, dry eyes and mild to moderate hay fever. Other minor illnesses included are cradle cap, dandruff, sore tired eyes, excessive sweating, insect bites and stings, infrequent constipation, mild cystitis and mouth ulcers. The full list is available on the NHS website.

GPs, nurses or pharmacists will also generally no longer prescribe probiotics, some vitamins, and minerals. You can get these from eating a healthy, varied and balanced diet or buy them at your pharmacy or supermarket. 

For more information please refer to this leaflet.