Ordered your prescription? Let us know, so we can look out for it and text you when it’s ready.
NHS repeat prescriptions
Repeat prescriptions, handled with care.
Get your repeat medicines from us on Union Road: collect them, or have them delivered across Oswaldtwistle and Accrington. Prescriptions are free for many people, and the usual NHS charge applies otherwise.
Ordered with us before?
Your medicines can be here, ready to order again in one tap. Sign in with a code we text you, or use your 6-digit code.
You get a 6-digit code when you save your details after asking for a prescription or booking, at the check-in screen in the pharmacy, or with an account.
Where are you up to?
I haven’t ordered it yetOrder it yourself in a couple of minutes in the NHS App or myGP, then come back and tap “I’ve ordered it”.
NHS App
Free from the NHS. Open Prescriptions, then order your repeat medicines.
Open the NHS AppGet it: App Store · Google Play · on a computer
myGP
If your surgery uses myGP. Sign in with your NHS login, then order your repeat medicines.
Open myGPGet it: App Store · Google Play
Make sure it comes to us: choose us as your nominated pharmacy
Your surgery sends your prescription to your nominated pharmacy. To choose us in the NHS App:
- Open Prescriptions, then Your nominated pharmacy.
- Choose Change your nominated pharmacy, then High street pharmacies.
- Search for BB5 3JD and pick Oswaldtwistle Pharmacy.
In myGP, look for your nominated pharmacy when you order. Or ask us in the pharmacy and we’ll set it up for you. NHS App help
Tell us you’ve ordered it
So we can look out for it, and text you when it’s ready.
Next time, tap Text me a code at the top of this page, and your medicines will be there, ready to order again.
Is one of these a new medicine?
If it’s for something like high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes or high cholesterol, the NHS New Medicine Service gives you free support from the pharmacist in the first few weeks. Book a short chat for when you’ve been taking it a week or two.
Pay for your prescriptions?
In England each item costs £9.90. If you pay for a few, a prescription prepayment certificate covers all of them for one price. See if one would save you money.
Each medicine on your prescription is one item, every time you get it.
26 items a year at £9.90 each
Or 10 monthly payments of £11.45 by Direct Debit
A 12-month certificate would save you about £142.90 a year.
You buy it from the NHS Business Services Authority, not from us. It covers every NHS prescription you get in England while it lasts.
- Only need them for a few months?A 3-month certificate is £32.05. It pays for itself from 4 items in 3 months.
- Only take HRT?An HRT certificate is £19.80 for 12 months. It covers certain HRT medicines only, not your other prescriptions.
You might not need to pay at all
Prescriptions are free in England if, for example, you:
- are 60 or over, under 16, or 16 to 18 and in full-time education
- are pregnant or have had a baby in the last 12 months, and have a maternity exemption certificate
- have a medical condition on the NHS list, or a continuing physical disability that means you can’t go out without help, and a medical exemption certificate
- get certain benefits, or have an HC2 certificate from the NHS Low Income Scheme
- have a war pension exemption certificate (for the accepted disability)
Check before you tick the box on the back of your prescription: claiming when you’re not entitled can mean a penalty charge of up to £100. Check what you can get · Free NHS prescriptions
Run out?
If you’ve run out of a medicine you need and can’t get a prescription in time, call us on 01254 399898 or come in: a pharmacist may be able to give you an emergency supply. When we’re closed, call NHS 111.