The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is an NHS service. It gives you the chance to change how your GP sends your prescription to a pharmacy or a provider of your appliances.
From the 23rd April 2015 the Practice will be moving over to Electronic Prescriptions.
What this means for you?
If you collect your repeat prescriptions from the Practice you will not have to visit the practice to pick up your paper prescription. Instead, we will send it electronically to the place you choose, saving you time.
You will have more choice about where to get your medicines from because they can be collected from a pharmacy near to where you live, work or shop.
You may not have to wait as long at the pharmacy as there will be time for your repeat prescriptions to be ready before you arrive.
How can you use EPS?
You need to choose a place for the practice to electronically send your prescription to. This is called nomination. You can choose:
- A pharmacy.
- A dispensing appliance contractor (if you use one).
Ask any pharmacy or dispensing appliance contractor about nominating them as your supplier. They will help you.
Is EPS reliable, secure and confidential?
Yes. Your electronic prescription will be seen by the same people in Practices, pharmacies and NHS prescription payment and fraud agencies that see your paper prescription now.
Sometimes dispensers may see that you have nominated another dispenser. For example, if you forget who you have nominated and ask them to check or, if you have nominated more than one dispenser.
Dispensers will also see all the items on your reorder slip if you are on repeat prescriptions.
