Requests for prescriptions outside the normal prescription protocol impacts significantly on GP and administrative staff time and increases the risk of a prescribing error. Therefore, unless a medication is clinically urgent and on the list below requests will be treated as routine and in line with our normal processing times. Our Administrative colleagues are instructed to follow this policy and are not permitted to make any exceptions.
The medications listed below may be issued on an urgent, same-day basis as you could experience harm within 2 working days by missing doses.
Medication Group | Product |
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Reliever inhalers/Nebuliser solutions | Ipratropium Salbutamol Terbutaline |
All anticoagulants | Apixaban Edoxaban Dabigatrin Rivaroxaban Warfarin |
Anti-epileptic medications (for epilepsy management only) | Brivaracetam Carbamazepine Gabapentin Lacosamide Lamotrigine Levetiracetam Pheobarbtone Phenytoin Topiramate Valproate |
Anti-psychotic medications | Aripiprazole Haloperidol |
Schizophrenia/Bipolar/Psychosis Medications | Lithium Olanzapine Quetiapine Risperidone |
Parkinson’s medications | Co-beneldopa Co-careldopa Levodopa |
Long term steroids (for patients taking steroids daily) | Dexamethasone Fludrocortisone Prednisolone |
Nitrates and anti-angina medications | Glyceryl trinitrate spray Isosorbide mononitrate Isosorbide dinitrate Ivabradine Nicorandil Verapamil Ranolazine |
Anti-arthymythic drugs (for cardiac arrhythmia only – not for high blood pressure) | Amiodarone Atenolol Digoxin Diltiazem Flecanide Propranolol (not for anxiety) Sotolol Verapamil |
Palliative care medications (end of life) | Anticipatory drugs Cyclizine Diamorphine Glycopyronium Levomepromazine Midazolam Water for injection |
Heart failure medications | Bisoprolol Furosemide Bumetadine |
Diabetic medications (for type 1 diabetics only) | Insulin Metformin Needles/Test strips/Sharps bins |
Anaphylaxis injections | Epi pens |
Specialised baby milks |
If a request is urgent it can be ordered in person at Reception before 1pm to be available for collection after 5pm if this is urgent and approved by a GP.
You may print this Urgent Prescription Request form and drop this in at Reception or in the designated prescription request box.