Welshpool Medical Practice

Repeat Prescriptions Welshpool town. This ensures that the local  If we can not give you all your medicines chemists will be able to continue to trade Medication Waste in one go, remember to go back and collect the remainder. Opening Hours: How can we stop 1 million pounds going down The dispensary is open from the drain?  Avoid ordering prescriptions from the 08:00AM until 18:00PM including lunchtimes. surgery until you have made sure that What are WE doing about it? you have collected the full quantity of any previous prescriptions Repeat prescription request forms  The dispensary team, GP’s and local may be: pharmacists regularly review medicines,  If you feel you no longer need a  Put in the red box inside the Dispensary ensuring they are safe and effective particular medicine or have any problem entrance or in the letter box  We operate a 28 day prescribing policy. This with the medicine you are prescribed,  Dropped it off at Boots or Rowlands helps avoid waste when treatment changes or tell your doctors, the dispensary or local pharmacy stops. pharmacist. You could be helping prevent waste.  posted to us (enclose a SAE if you want How can YOU help? us to return the form to you  Please do not stop taking any repeat  Faxed to us on 01938 556900  You can help by ticking and checking your medication without consultation.  You can also sign up to our online order from carefully. Sometimes, if forms are ordering facility or sign up to our sent to the surgery with no ticks against automatic ordering system. what you actually need the doctor has to The Dispensary & Repeat assume that you want all your medication. Prescriptions Please note: for safety reasons  Remember all returned medication has to be Location we do not take repeat destroyed by law, regardless of whether it Our dispensary is located in the surgery has been opened prescription requests over the building. telephone. The entrance to the Dispensary is on the side of the surgery.  When you collect your prescription from the surgery, check that it is only for the The service Medication changes and medicines you require. Please let us in The dispensing service is available only to those switches dispensary know if there are any problems patients who live more than one mile radius from with your prescription before you leave. a Community Pharmacy. Current regulations do

not allow us to make dispensary services This practice does operate a switch  Avoid being tempted to order extra as a available to our patients who live within program in order to ensure we are standby. making the most we can of NHS resources. Therefore from time to time you may notice small changes to your medication. Please be aware these changes are fully approved and supported by the partners and the Local Health Board. Patients are reminded it takes  Join our automatic ordering 48hours to process and prepare service repeat prescriptions  Sign up for online ordering When will your prescription be ready? Monday Wednesday pm Don’t forget to  If you leave your repeat slip with a chemist do checkTuesday with them as timingsThursday may differ book your Flu pm  Please make it clear which chemist you wish to Vaccination use, otherwise we won’t know where to send it Wednesday Friday pm  Repeats left after 4.30pm will be treated as the Open 8.00am-6.00pm next day Mon-Fri Thursday Monday pm You can contact the practice on: Friday Tuesday Dispensary Information pm 01938 553118 or contact the dispensary How to order your repeat Welshpooldirectly on:Medical medication: 01938Practice 557600  Place your repeat slip in the red Salop Road, Welshpool, Powys prescription request box Dispensary Enquires: 01938 557600  Post it through the letter box Appointments and Reception: 01938 553118  Post it to us  Leave it at a community pharmacy