If you are being prescribed a repeat medication you can order the item when it becomes due by either:

• Posting your repeat prescription request in the practice post box located in the foyer
• Ordering it electronically via our online services if you are already registered
• Or via your nominated pharmacy

Please note that you should not wait until you have you have run out of medication before you request your repeat medication as the practice requires administrative time to process all orders.

Please allow up to 72 hours from your request being submitted for the practice to process your repeat request.

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Help with NHS costs

In England, around 90% of prescription items are dispensed free. This includes exemptions from charging for those on low incomes, such as:

• those on specific benefits or through the NHS Low Income Scheme
• those who are age exempt
• those with certain medical conditions
• More information is available at NHS Choices

These charges apply in England only. In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales prescriptions are free of charge.

• Prescription (per item): £9.90
• 12-month prepayment certificate (PPC): £114.50
• 3-month PPC: £32.05

If you will have to pay for four or more prescription items in three months or more than 14 items in 12 months, you may find it cheaper to buy a PPC.

• Telephone advice and order line 0845 850 0030
• General Public - Buy or Renew a PPC On-line

There is further information about prescription exemptions and fees on the NHS website.

We do not prescribe diazepam for patients having MRI scans or other investigative procedures.  We have a duty of care to provide safe, consistent and appropriate care for our patients.  We have outlined our reasons for this below:

• Small doses of benzodiazepines such as 2mg diazepam are probably sub-therapeutic for most adults for any effective sedation.  Conversely anxiolytics can have an idiosyncratic response in patients, and even very small doses can cause increased agitation in some subsets of patients.
• A patient may take a sedative an hour before their assumed procedure, to then attend the hospital to find their procedure has been delayed, therefore the timing of the anxiolytic being sub optimal.
• GPs are not regularly involved, skilled, trained or appraised in sedation skills.
• All hospital consultants, both those requesting imaging and those providing it, have access to the same prescribing abilities as GPs.  If a patient needs a certain medication to enable an investigation to go ahead, they are just as well positioned to provide a prescription, either through the hospital pharmacy or a hospital FP10.

You may wish to discuss next steps with your radiologist  or consultant