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Repeat Prescriptions
Ordering a Repeat Prescription
Please follow the guidelines and choose the right option for you.
Please allow us 72 hours (three working days), to process your prescription request.
For safety reasons we are not allowed to accept repeat prescription requests over the phone.
When you order a prescription online, you can have it sent electronically to a pharmacy of your choice. This is called a nomination.
The NHS App
Order repeat prescriptions via the NHS App or NHS website, and have them sent to a pharmacy of your choice.
Online Form
If you're not registered with our online services, you can use our online form
Order your repeat prescription via our online Repeat Prescription form. No account required.
Your Local Pharmacy
Pharmacy Ordering / Collection Service
You can authorise a chemist to collect the prescription and even have your medication delivered to you by contacting reception with your chosen nominated pharmacy.
About pharmacists
As qualified healthcare professionals, pharmacists can offer advice on minor illnesses such as:
- coughs
- colds
- sore throats
- tummy trouble
- aches and pains
They can also advise on medicine that you can buy without a prescription.
In Person
You can order in person by completing the slip that came with your last prescription and handing it in to the surgery. Your prescription should be available for collection 72 hours after your request.
By Post
You can post your prescription slip or written request to us at the Practice.
If you're unable to collect your prescription from the surgery, please include a stamped, addressed envelope for return by post. Please allow at least seven days if requesting your medication by post.
Medication Queries
Please get in touch with the surgery to raise a query about your medication.
Contraceptive Pill Repeat Prescriptions
The NHS has asked us to make better use of the services that community pharmacies are able to offer.
If you would like a repeat prescription of your oral contraceptive, please go to your local pharmacy who are now able to provide this service and issue your medication directly.
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.
When going abroad you can take your NHS medications with you.
Please visit the NHS website for the latest Prescription Charges
These charges apply in England only. In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales prescriptions are free of charge.
Further Information
Over the Counter Medication
Last year St Lawrence Surgery spent over £161,000 on prescribing medicines that are available over the counter. As a surgery we are amongst the practices with the highest spend per patient in Sussex.
St Lawrence Surgery has now adopted NHS England advice to GPs and other clinicians not to give a prescription for the treatment of common conditions, as specified by the NHS.
- This guidance applies even if a patient is eligible to free prescriptions.
- If buying this medicine over the counter is going to be difficult for you, please contact the surgery to discuss with our Medicines Management Team on 01903 222 900
- If at any time you are concerned about your condition you should contact the local pharmacist or the surgery for more advice.
- This policy also has the support of the St Lawrence Surgery Patient Participation Group.
Why can't I get a prescription for an over-the-counter medicine?
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St Lawrence Surgery
79 St Lawrence Avenue
Worthing
West Sussex
BN14 7JL
Telephone: 01903 222 900