Please note:
- The repeat prescription clerk can only issue those items the Doctor has AUTHORISED on your record as a repeat prescription.
- Allow two working days for us to process your request
- Always state your preferred method of collection. Weekly deliveries to the Post Offices at Baston, Langtoft, Morton, Rippingale and Thurlby can only be made for those patients who are eligible, and whose prescriptions are exempt from payment.
- If a prescription needs payment then prescriptions can be collected from the Bourne and the Galletly practice dispensary itself. More details on Collecting a prescription.
*** Please ensure that the medications required are clearly stated - we will not issue them if we are not sure what you want or if they are not authorised repeats
What is a Repeat Prescription
Some prescriptions are authorised by your doctor as a repeat. This means that you can obtain further prescriptions without having to see the doctor first. These are called repeat prescriptions.
Prescriptions obtained for acute illnesses in the past are not repeat prescriptions. You can tell if you have an authorised repeat prescription because the details will be printed on a white tear off page attached to your prescription. This will specify the medication that is on repeat, the date you last had a repeat for a particular medication and, most importantly, the date by which you will need to see your doctor for the medication to be reviewed.
Most repeat prescriptions are issued for no more than one month's treatment at a time.
Repeat prescriptions are reviewed at intervals by the authorising doctor. The date on which your authorisation expires is printed at the bottom of the form. If this date is in the near future or has already passed then please book an appointment with your usual doctor for review.
If you cannot get in before your review is due then do not panic. Call our repeat prescription line above when you next need your medication and tell them that you will be making an appointment in the near future.
When the review date is near, or has passed, the doctors often review your drugs anyway. If they feel that you do not need to make an appointment then they will re-authorise your medication. So keep an eye on that date at the bottom of the form and always use the most recent copy when ordering you drugs.
We can send repeat prescriptions to either of the chemists in Bourne, and we deliver medication dispensed from our dispensary to certain villages. Alternatively you can collect your prescription from the surgery or, if you live more than a mile "as the crow flies" from the nearest chemist, you can collect your medication from the dispensary.
Collecting a Repeat Prescription
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We can send repeat prescriptions to either of the chemists in Bourne
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Thursday deliveries to the Post Offices at Baston, Langtoft, Morton and Thurlby can only be made for those patients who are eligible, and whose prescriptions are exempt from payment. Rippingale deliveries are made on Fridays.
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Alternatively you can collect your prescription from the surgery
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Or, if you live more than a mile from the nearest chemist, you can collect your medication from the dispensary.
Please note that National Health Service regulations prevent us from dispensing to anyone who lives within a mile of a dispensing chemist.
Dispensary opening times
The Dispensary is open Monday - Friday 8.45am - 6.00pm
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