Are You Still Confused About Repeat Prescriptions?

Repeat Prescription

What is a repeat prescription?

Keeping track of your health requires understanding what a repeat prescription entail.

If your doctor gives you a prescription for medicine that you'll use frequently, you can get a repeat prescription for it. This would imply that up until a specific date, the doctor has provided his or her consent for you to receive this prescription in the future without first scheduling a consultation.

How do repeat prescriptions work?

When a drug is prescribed, your doctor will inform you of the frequency and if you will need to take it regularly. Additionally, this will be written on the prescription form you give the pharmacist.

When your doctor is comfortable with you taking the medication without routine check-ins, they will set up a repeat prescription. This usually occurs after you've taken the medication for long enough to gauge how it has affected you.

Your repeat prescriptions can be used in a variety of ways, but they all proceed in the same way: first, a doctor writes the prescription, then you order further prescriptions, which are then filled by a pharmacist.

How do I ask my GP or doctor for a repeat prescription?

GPs are currently working hard to identify methods that streamline the prescription ordering procedure for patients since, as this data shows, it currently takes an incredibly long time. It is crucial to consult with your individual doctor's office to learn more about the services they provide because this means that the methods for doing so will be continually changing.

You might do this by calling them, going to the office, or placing a repeat prescription delivery online order.

Your GP or doctor's office typically needs two working days to process your repeat prescription request before sending it to the pharmacy. Depending on the pharmacy's inventory, it will then be ready to be picked up within 2 to 5 days, on average.

If you know you'll be gone for a while, you might wish to get your prescription filled earlier in some cases. You would need to inform your doctor, either by scheduling an appointment or using our app to send them a message when placing an order for a prescription. Depending on the situation, they will decide whether they wish to release the medication to you or not and whether additional medication needs to be given.

What does a repeat prescription look like?

In-person written prescriptions for you have a white side and a green side. The pharmacist will receive the green side so they can obtain your prescription on your behalf. Your doctor will have noted on the white side that they would like this drug to be available to you regularly without an appointment, therefore you should preserve that side.

However, the majority of prescriptions are now written electronically (through EPS), so you might not get a white slip unless you specifically request one. Your pharmacist can print it in that manner.