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Update: Please allow 4 WORKING DAYS NOTICE between ordering and collecting medication.

New HRT Prescription Prepayment Certificate (PPC) comes into effect from 1st April '23. www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/hrt-ppc


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Repeat Prescriptions


IMPORTANT INFORMATION: When you temporarily change your nominated pharmacy

A reminder that when you change your nominated pharmacy for any reason, on your return, please advise Dispensary to change the nomination back to a Dispensing patient.  Email us at: Cropredy.surgery@nhs.net


IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 4 Working Days Notice for Repeat Prescription Requests

Due to unprecedented repeat prescription requests within our Dispensary, we are now asking patients to give 4 WORKING DAY'S NOTICE when requesting repeat medications.

Please note: Any prescription requests received after 4pm, will count as arriving on the next working day. This time increase will allow the Dispensary team more time to order in the required medications that we do not have in stock and will also, and more importantly, allow our staff to work at safe levels.

Please can we ask that you keep a close eye on your medication levels and ensure you order in plenty of time (but not too early!)

For those who have forgotten to order, and need medication urgently, we will only be able to offer a signed prescription to collect from another pharmacy.


Important Message from Dispensary - 22 June 2023

You may be aware that there is a national shortage of the medications Ozempic & Victoza & some insulins.

If you order these medications, it is almost certain that we will not be able to obtain supplies. There are limited alternatives available and we are awaiting a response from manufacturers to ensure there is enough supply of this alternative medication.

Please order your medications as you normally would. Any duplicated orders will be rejected.

We are waiting for national guidance and once we receive this, we will advise further. Unfortunately, this matter is completely out of our control and all GP surgeries are experiencing the same difficulties.

We fully appreciate your frustrations and our Dispensary Team are working hard to try and limit the impact on this to our patients.


Prescriptions - 3 working days required for Dispensary

Please note: Our notice period for prescriptions is 3 working days. Therefore scripts that are handed in on a Monday will not be ready until Thursday, Tuesday will be ready Friday, Wednesday/Monday, Thursday/Tuesday and Friday/Wednesday.

Over the summer months, when we are covering staff holidays and this may increase to 5 working days: Monday/Monday, Tuesday/Tuesday etc.

We ask you to please plan ahead and put your script requests into dispensary in good time (but no sooner than 10 days before they are due) to avoid a break in supply of your medication. 

Please look after yourselves and mark things in your diary so you remember to contact the surgery and make that request.

If you forget to reorder and run out then it puts our dispensary staff under even greater pressure and causes delays for other patients when this is totally avoidable.


Prescriptions - Price Increase

From 1st April 2023, Prescription Charges have risen from £9.35 per item to £9.65 per item.

Prescription Price Increase Information

The new HRT Prescription Prepayment Certificate (PPC) also comes into effect from 1st April 2023.

The cost of an NHS Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) PPC will be £19.30. Patients who take eligible HRT medications can apply for an HRT PPC in the same way as the regular PPC. If on HRT only, this will cost £19.30 for twelve months.

The cost of an NHS Prescription Prepayment Certificate (PPC) has increased to:

£31.25 for 3 months
£111.60 for 12 months (patients can spread the cost and pay in 10 monthly instalments)

People who pay for their NHS prescriptions could save with a PPC. Rather than paying £9.65 for each prescription, the 3 and 12 month PPC covers unlimited NHS prescriptions for the one-off set price.

This means if people need 4 or more items in 3 months, or 12 or more items in 12 months they will save money by buying a PPC. How much, depends on the number of prescriptions they need each month.

The quickest way to buy a 3 or 12 month PPC is online at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/ppc

The HRT PPC will be available from 1 April 2023. For more information visit: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/hrt-ppc


Beating the DRUM for Patients' Medicines

As part of our Dispensing Service, we offer a Dispensing Review of Use of Medicines (DRUM) to some of our patients.

This review is a face–to–face meeting with one of our dispensers and is an opportunity for your to understand your medicines and their uses. You may be invited for a review when you collect your medicines.

This is an extra service that we offer and not a replacement for seeing the doctor or the nurse, so you should still come along for your regular appointments. 

Chip and PIN Machine

We have a Chip and PIN machine in reception for patients who would like to pay for their prescriptions or other services by credit or debit card.

 
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