Repeat Prescriptions

Repeat prescriptions will be ready for collection two working days after being requested. Prescriptions ordered on Friday morning will be ready on Monday afternoon. Please help us by collecting repeat prescriptions after 1000 Monday to Friday. Do remember that regular (or 'repeat') prescriptions are issued for one month's supply of medication at a time (except for HRT and the contraception pill).

To order repeat prescriptions you may:

1. Telephone: Eynsham 01865 882879 or Long Hanborough 01993 882784
   Monday - Friday and leave a message 24 hours per day.
2. Telephone: Eynsham 01865 881206 or Long Hanborough 01993 881330 (0830 - 1245 and 1400 - 1830). Listen to the recorded announcement and choose the option for “prescriptions and medication”; you will then have the option to speak to a dispenser or leave a message.
3. Fill in a prescription request form or underline the items needed on the tear-off side of your prescription - put it into the letterbox provided.
4. Send your request by post, including an SAE for the new prescription.
5. Online via the link at the top of this page or on the home page.
6. By fax to: 01865 881342 (Eynsham) or 01993 882264 (Long Hanborough)

Dispensing Arrangements

Dispensary Manager: Mrs Sandra Kathleen Wright

Our dispensaries are closed between 1300 and 1400 daily.

We operate a dispensary at both of our practice sites. We maintain a stock of commonly used medications and have twice daily deliveries from our pharmaceutical suppliers. Drugs will be dispensed to all of our registered patients who live more than a mile from a pharmacy or chemist. Dispensing patients should present the prescription they are given to our dispensers who will generally dispense your medication while you wait. On occasions when we do not have the prescribed item in stock we will advise you of the expected availability and a time at which you will be able to collect your prescription.

Patients who live within a mile of a pharmacy or chemist should take their prescription to that outlet where it will be dispensed. Patients who live in Long Hanborough, Freeland and Church Hanborough will have the option of getting their prescriptions dispensed at Hanborough Pharmacy, in addition to other pharmacies in the area, now that they cannot be dispensed directly from the doctors’ dispensary.

Prescription charges are displayed in the surgeries and, if due, must be paid at the time that the prescription is dispensed.

Prescriptions Charges and Exemptions

Extensive exemption and remission arrangements protect those likely to have difficulty in paying charges (NHS prescription and dental charges, optical and hospital travel costs).

The NHS prescription charge is a flat-rate amount which successive Governments have thought it reasonable to charge for those who can afford to pay for their medicines. Prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs) offer real savings for people who need extensive medication.