Repeat Prescriptions

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Launch of the NHS Electronic Prescription Service at Davyhulme!

We are proud to have been chosen as one of the first practices in the UK to introduce the Electronic Prescription Service. As you may be aware, Dr Kaye has been involved in its development and we will therefore have the benefit of his knowledge about the service when we introduce it at Davyhulme Medical Centre. This new service lets your GP send your prescription electronically to the place you choose to get your medication from – without the need for paper in some cases.

Who can use the service?

To begin with, we will offer the service to patients who currently collect their prescriptions from the Lloyds Pharmacy next to the surgery. This is because when we first start using the system we need to send prescriptions to just one pharmacy so that we can check everything is working correctly. In addition, to check everything thoroughly, it has to be a pharmacy that receives a relatively large proportion of our prescriptions and one that has the software and systems in place to implement the service. The Lloyds Pharmacy next to the surgery currently meets these criteria but in the future we will be able to send electronic prescriptions to all pharmacies.

If you usually go to another Pharmacy then you can continue to obtain your prescriptions from that pharmacy in the usual way until we are able to implement the service with that Pharmacy.

What you need to do if you wish to use the service

If you usually obtain your prescriptions from the Lloyds Pharmacy next to the surgery, and you wish to use the Electronic Prescription Service, you will need to ‘nominate’ Lloyds to receive your electronic prescription. Once you have nominated Lloyds, all your prescriptions will be sent to them electronically. However, nomination is very flexible and can be changed to a different Pharmacy (once other Pharmacies introduce the system), or cancelled at any time.

If you wish to nominate the Lloyds Pharmacy next to the surgery, please complete their ‘nomination form’ obtainable from their pharmacy. Their staff can then explain how the system will work.

When will the Electronic Prescription Service Start?

We hope to start sending electronic prescriptions by late January 2010. However, you can give your completed nomination form to the Pharmacy now, ready for any prescriptions you request in January. If you have any questions about the Electronic Prescription Service please speak to a member of staff in the Lloyds Pharmacy next to the surgery.

Alternatively, we will be holding an information session in our surgery reception area Wednesday 13th January between 12.30 and 2.30pm, where we will be happy to answer any questions you may have, or take a look at the website below:

http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/eps/patients

Electronic Prescription Service available at Davyhulme Medical Centre

Please see Notice Board for details.

How Do I....
Obtain A Repeat Prescription?

If agreed by the doctor, repeat prescriptions can be obtained without an appointment. Request for prescriptions can be made on the form below, by sending in a repeat prescription request with a stamped addressed envelope, or by handing your request slip in at reception, or by handing your request to any one of the following pharmacies.

Boots, Urmston or Stretford	0161 748 2317/865 7062
Reeds Chemist, Urmston	0161 748 2438
Boots, Davyhulme	0161 748 3016
PCTA (Co-op)	0161 748 2090/748 5472/748 1926
Lostock Pharmacy, Stretford	0161 865 1603
Lloyds Pharmacy, Urmston & Davyhulme	0161 748 2966/748 2199
Urmston Pharmacy, Urmston	0161 864 3733
Boots, Trafford Retail Park	0161 748 7836
ASDA, Trafford Park	0161 629 2311

We no longer accept repeat prescription requests by phone.

Always allow at least 72 hours before you call to collect your prescription, which can be either from one of the above pharmacies or allow 48 hours if collecting from the surgery. Some local chemists offer a delivery service also.

We also offer REPEAT PRESCRIPTION ORDERING ONLINE 24 HOURS A DAY using the form below. Please remember to calculate the collection time from the next working day, Monday to Friday, following your request.

Please refer to the information above for prescription requests.

REPEAT PRESCRIPTION REQUEST

* = Required field

First Names:

Last Name:

Date of Birth
(dd/mm/yyyy):

Email Address:

*
You must enter your correct email address to receive confirmation.

Phone Number:

Your Usual Doctor:

Please tell us the drugs you require. Be specific and check your spelling. Please take all details from your repeat prescription record slip.

Drug Name	Strength
*

If you require more than 10 items, please submit another request.

Collection Point :

Comments:
Please state clearly any changes to your medication that you need to inform your GP about. If you have requested something that is not on your list of regular medication, please explain briefly why the item is needed.

CONFIDENTIALITY - TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
The internet is not secure, and the transmission of data to request medication is entirely at the patient's own risk. The practice accepts no responsibility for breaches in confidentiality resulting from patients' transmissions.

I accept the terms and conditions above*