Whether you have a one-off prescription from a GP appointment, a regular repeat prescription, or a private prescription from a private doctor or clinic, our team can dispense it for you. If you would like us to become your nominated pharmacy for repeat prescriptions, we can help set that up too.
One-off, repeat, and private prescriptions all work slightly differently. Here is what each one means and what you need to do.
A short course of medicine from a single appointment — a course of antibiotics, for example — rather than something you take ongoing.
Bring in your paper prescription, or the barcode from the NHS App, or have it sent to us electronically, and we will dispense it for you.
Regular medicine for an ongoing condition, authorised by your GP so you do not need a new appointment every time you need more.
Nominate us and your prescriptions arrive electronically once your GP approves them — no paper to collect from the surgery.
From a private GP, a specialist or a private clinic. Priced on the actual cost of the medicine plus a dispensing fee, not the flat NHS charge.
We will talk you through the cost before dispensing, so there are no surprises.
Repeat prescriptions come through the NHS system once your GP approves them. Private prescriptions are dispensed the same day you bring them in, and priced differently.
In England the NHS prescription charge is a flat rate per item, set nationally and charged per medicine rather than per prescription form. A prescription with three items usually means three charges, unless you are exempt. The current rate is published on the NHS website.
If you pay for several items regularly, a Prescription Prepayment Certificate (PPC) may work out cheaper. Ask our team, or check eligibility on the NHS website.
You may be exempt on grounds of age, income, pregnancy or certain medical conditions, among others. Speak to us if you are not sure whether you qualify.
Prescriptions are free in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The charge above applies in England.
Private prescription costs vary by medicine and are confirmed with you at the point of dispensing.
If you would like your GP to send your prescriptions straight to us, you can nominate Caxton Pharmacy as your chosen pharmacy through the NHS App, the NHS website, or by asking your GP surgery to update your nomination. Once nominated, your prescriptions come to us electronically and there is no paper copy to collect from the surgery each time.
Open the NHS App, go to your prescriptions, and set your nominated pharmacy to Caxton Pharmacy, Bromley.
Your GP practice can update your nomination for you. Just tell reception you would like Caxton Pharmacy to receive your prescriptions.
Come in or call and we will talk you through it. Nomination is free, and you can change it again at any time.
Usually through the NHS App, your GP surgery's online system, or by contacting the surgery directly. If Caxton Pharmacy is your nominated pharmacy, the prescription comes to us automatically once your GP approves it.
That depends on how quickly your GP surgery approves the request rather than on us. We dispense once it arrives.
For an existing repeat prescription, yes — once your GP has approved the request. For a new medicine you will usually need an assessment by a GP or another prescriber first, although Pharmacy First covers some common conditions without a GP appointment.
NHS prescriptions are charged at a flat rate per item, or are free if you are exempt or being dispensed in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. Private prescriptions are priced individually, based on the actual cost of the medicine plus a dispensing fee.
It is an NHS arrangement where your GP authorises several months of a repeat prescription in one go. The pharmacy holds the batches and prepares each one as it becomes due, so you do not need to reorder every time. Your GP decides whether it is suitable for you.
Yes, at any time and free of charge. You can change it in the NHS App, on the NHS website, or by asking your GP surgery. You are never tied to a pharmacy.
Some common conditions can be treated without a GP appointment under Pharmacy First.
Whatever kind of prescription you have, our team can help. Caxton Pharmacy, 3 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1RL.