Prescriptions

The easiest ways to order repeat prescriptions are:

• use your NHS Wales App
• use eConsult

You can also:

• bring your request to the surgey - repeat prescriptions request form 
• order at a pharmacy 

We cannot take repeat prescription requests over the phone or via email.

Remember to give us 48 hours notice for collection of your prescription from the practice and 72 hours notice for it to arrive at a pharmacy. 
Please remember that acute requests take longer than 48 hours as they must be authorised by a doctor before they can be issued. You may be required to have a review before these items are prescribed further.

You need to choose a pharmacy to collect your prescription from. We call this nominating a pharmacy.

You can change your nominated pharmacy at any time.

The pharmacies local to us are - 

• Morrisons Pharmacy (Parc y Llyn) 01970 612292
• Boots Pharmacy (Terrace Road)
• Well Pharmacy (Portland Street)
• Borth Pharmacy
• Talybont Pharamcy

If you have questions about your medicine, your local pharmacists can answer these. They can also answer questions on medicines you can buy without a prescription.

The NHS website has information on how your medicine works, how and when to take it, possible side effects and answers to your common questions.

• Go to Medicines A to Z (nhs.uk)

If you would like to speak to someone at the GP surgery about your prescription, call 01970 613 500, Option 2. You can also arrange to discuss your prescription with our pharmacy team. 

If you have a regular medications, we may ask you to come in for a medication review. We will be in touch when you need to come in for a review.

Take old or unwanted medicines to a pharmacy. Do not put it in your household bin or flush it down the toilet.

Yellow sharps bins should be arranged with your usual pharmacuy - we cannot take or provide them in the surgery.

Shared care with private providers in Wales

 Shared Care with private providers does not exist in Wales.

Any patient who is seen under the care of a private provider will need to be referred to the corresponding NHS service to receive NHS care.  GP surgeries can only start prescribing when care is accepted by the NHS service. Patients will need to pay for private prescriptions, blood tests and any other services relating to their private consultations, and arrange them via their private consultant until the NHS can take over care. 

Practices may be able to offer private blood test, however it is not guaranteed.

Right to Choose

Right to choose does not exist in Wales - it is for English patients only. 

Private prescriptions

There are some medications which we are unable to continue prescribing in primary care (GP surgeries) if they have been started by a private provider.

We have taken advice from the Health Board’s Deputy Medical Director regarding this and they have confirmed that anyone who is seen privately and is requesting on-going prescriptions will need to be referred to the NHS service.  We can only start prescribing when care is accepted by the NHS service.  There is consideration being given by Welsh Government to private shared care for some conditions, but it will be some time before we know whether this is going to be permitted. 

Patients will need to continue to pay for private prescriptions until the NHS can take over care. This may be from home if you are an international student or from a private provider in the UK.