Delivering Medicine
Discussion
- Disclosure - I work for a business in this space but wouldn’t dream of promoting them over another**
The way you get set up is:
1. Your daughter’s GP will be signed up with one of the electronic prescription service (EPS) providers, e.g. EMIS Patient Access. This is how she will request her repeat prescription from her GP.
2. Via the GP surgery, sign up with their EPS service.
3. When requesting a repeat prescription via the EPS, she will then need to nominate the pharmacy it use sent to. This can be bricks and mortar or online.
4. Nominate the online pharmacy (eg Well, Echo, P2U) and they will handle the rest.
4. Each of the online pharmacies will have an app where she can nominate her pharmacy, confirm she doesn’t pay, or if she does pay for her prescriptions, she can then pay. The app is where she will input her delivery address.
5. Wait for medication to be delivered in the post..!
While it is a little frustrating to have to deal with two sets of electronic systems (that’s a function of the fact that GPs and Pharmacists are separately regulated parts of the primary care system) it is actually far simpler to set up than even the above suggests..!
OMITN said:
**Disclosure - I work for a business in this space but wouldn’t dream of promoting them over another**
As V8Covin says, the best way to do this is via an online pharmacy. Make sure you go with a reputable one like Well, Echo or Pharmacy2U.
The way you get set up is:
1. Your daughter’s GP will be signed up with one of the electronic prescription service (EPS) providers, e.g. EMIS Patient Access. This is how she will request her repeat prescription from her GP.
2. Via the GP surgery, sign up with their EPS service.
3. When requesting a repeat prescription via the EPS, she will then need to nominate the pharmacy it use sent to. This can be bricks and mortar or online.
4. Nominate the online pharmacy (eg Well, Echo, P2U) and they will handle the rest.
4. Each of the online pharmacies will have an app where she can nominate her pharmacy, confirm she doesn’t pay, or if she does pay for her prescriptions, she can then pay. The app is where she will input her delivery address.
5. Wait for medication to be delivered in the post..!
While it is a little frustrating to have to deal with two sets of electronic systems (that’s a function of the fact that GPs and Pharmacists are separately regulated parts of the primary care system) it is actually far simpler to set up than even the above suggests..!
I very recently signed up with Pharmacy2U and didn't have to do any of this. They did it all and my prescriptions are delivered ~5 days after I have ordered them from P2U.As V8Covin says, the best way to do this is via an online pharmacy. Make sure you go with a reputable one like Well, Echo or Pharmacy2U.
The way you get set up is:
1. Your daughter’s GP will be signed up with one of the electronic prescription service (EPS) providers, e.g. EMIS Patient Access. This is how she will request her repeat prescription from her GP.
2. Via the GP surgery, sign up with their EPS service.
3. When requesting a repeat prescription via the EPS, she will then need to nominate the pharmacy it use sent to. This can be bricks and mortar or online.
4. Nominate the online pharmacy (eg Well, Echo, P2U) and they will handle the rest.
4. Each of the online pharmacies will have an app where she can nominate her pharmacy, confirm she doesn’t pay, or if she does pay for her prescriptions, she can then pay. The app is where she will input her delivery address.
5. Wait for medication to be delivered in the post..!
While it is a little frustrating to have to deal with two sets of electronic systems (that’s a function of the fact that GPs and Pharmacists are separately regulated parts of the primary care system) it is actually far simpler to set up than even the above suggests..!
If you have the medicine and dont need to get it from the pharmacy, you can just post it in the royal mail. Recorded etc if you need security.
Otherwise just get it sent through pharmacy2u type place.
Other option is get your daughter to try and get a large enough supply to see her through her time away (9 month supply).
Otherwise just get it sent through pharmacy2u type place.
Other option is get your daughter to try and get a large enough supply to see her through her time away (9 month supply).
Edited by sherman on Tuesday 3rd November 16:21
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