What should you know about Saltoun Surgery repeat prescription?

A repeat prescription supplies a medicine that has already been authorised for ongoing use. The surgery may check the medicine, dose, quantity, remaining repeats and whether monitoring or a review is due. A request is not the same as an automatic approval, especially if the medicine has changed, the record is unclear or you report new symptoms.

Keep a current list of prescribed medicines, including how you take each one. Mention allergies, side effects, missed doses, medicines from another clinic and changes in health. Never share prescribed medicine or use an old prescription for a new problem.

Use the surgery’s usual request route and provide the medicine name, strength, directions, quantity requested and preferred pharmacy or collection arrangement if applicable. Request before your supply runs out and check the label when the medicine is issued. If you are unsure how to request a medicine, book a GP Consultation so the team can confirm the prescription plan and any monitoring needed.

Contact the surgery promptly if you have run out of an essential medicine, cannot take it because of side effects, or think the dose or label is wrong. Seek urgent help for severe breathing difficulty, facial swelling, collapse, severe allergic symptoms or a serious deterioration linked to missed treatment. Do not double a dose unless a clinician tells you to.

Ask whether your medicine needs a review or blood test, how much notice the practice needs, and what to do if a request is delayed. Ask how to handle a missed dose, side effects and changes made by another clinician.