Prescription Charges and Exemptions

There are a range of exemptions from charges for patients. To find out if you are entitled to free NHS prescriptions follow this link. If you have to pay for prescriptions, there are ways to save money by purchasing a Pre-Payment Card.

Pre-Payment Card

If you receive regular prescriptions you can save money by purchasing a Pre Payment Card. The link and more information is here. For example, you can pay 10 x monthly direct debit payments of £10.40 and this covers an unlimited number of prescriptions. This can also be purchased for periods as short as 3 months. You can sign up on line, its quick and easy.

From 1 April 2019, the NHS charges are:

PPC’s are available by 10 monthly direct debit payments.

  • Prescription (per item)
    £9
  • 3 monthly PPC
    £29.10
    This saves you money if you need four or more items in three months
  • A 12 monthly certificate
    £104
    This saves you money if 13 or more items are needed in 12 months

The following medicines are free:

  • Medicines administered at a hospital or NHS walk-in centre
  • Prescribed contraceptives
  • Medicines personally administered by a GP
  • Medicines supplied at a hospital or Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) clinic for the treatment of a sexually transmitted infection or tuberculosis.

Customer Notice

We are having a new phone installed on Friday 5th August. This should not affect your ability to contact the Surgery as the switch over should be seamless. Please bear with us if you experience any issues.

Kind regards,

168 Medical Group

Surgery Closure

Due to a national problem with our clinical system, we are unable to open the surgery for the remainder of the afternoon (Friday 26th May).

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 999. If you have an non-emergency query, please call 111.

Thank you for your patience.

askmyGP is currently offline

Unfortunately, our askmyGP service will be offline today – if you have an urgent request, you will need to call the surgery on the below number.

We have an increased demand on our services and are therefore only able to offer urgent appointments. We are triaging all requests and prioritising urgent requests first. 

Please call the surgery to make an appointment on 01934 624 242.

Note To Our Patients

All of our clinicians are on a training session this afternoon, therefore we are only treating patients with an urgent medical need.

askmyGP will reopen tomorrow (22/03) at 8am.