Emergency Prescriptions

If you need an emergency supply of medication, you can use an online service NHS 111 provide to get a few days’ supply until we can fulfil a prescription request for you.

Go to the NHS website and click on “Start Now”. The form takes less than two minutes to fill in.

Your request must be for a medicine you are prescribed regularly, through a repeat prescription.

You will be charged your usual prescription fee. If you do not usually pay, it will be free.

If you need medicine and also have any symptoms, call 111 and speak to an adviser instead.

You cannot use this service to get:

• antibiotics for a new or recent problem
• controlled drugs that require identification to collect