A hospital doctor will write to the Surgery if there are any changes to be made to your medication. Changes will be added, removed or amended from your record and will be ready to be issued when you request it with your repeat slip.

If your repeat slip is not up to date, you can request your new medication by writing it on the bottom of the slip. You can also request it by writing your name, date of birth, contact telephone number, address, the items you require and the destination you wish to collect your medication from on a piece of paper, to hand into the Surgery. Sometimes the hospital doctor will give you a “Non-urgent prescribing request” form to bring to the Surgery within 7 days. We will need 48 hours to get this new medication ready for you.

Hospital doctors should give you a hospital prescription for medication they need you to start immediately, please follow their advice and go to the hospital pharmacy to have this dispensed.

The ward clerk will send a discharge notification to the surgery advising us of the medication you have been given to come home with (usually 14 days supply) and any changes to your repeat medication. When you need more medication you can request it with your repeat slip. If your repeat slip is not up to date, you can request your new medication by writing it on the bottom of the slip. You can also request your medication by writing your name, date of birth, contact telephone number, address, the items you require and the destination you wish to collect your medication from on a piece of paper to hand into the surgery.