Halcyon Medical - Repeat prescriptions

Halcyon Medical Centre
67-69 High Street
Birmingham, B4 7TA
Tel: 0345 245 0780

Cancelling your Appointment

If you are unable to attend an appointment with one of the doctors or nurses, please telephone or use the link at the bottom of this page to cancel your appointment.

By giving us as much notice as you can you are helping us to make sure that someone else is given your slot.

When the practice is closed

If you need urgent help or advice there is always a doctor on-call. Telephone the Surgery number and follow the instructions. If there is a problem with the Surgery number when the practice is closed please call Badger, our Out of Hours Provider, direct on 0300 555 9999

-If you leave the surgery before your appointment please let reception know.

NEW ARRANGEMENT FOR BOOKING WEEKEND APPOINTMENTS.

From January 2012, patients will now be able to prebook Doctor appointments at the weekend. Some limited appointments will also be made available for the Nurse.

PROBLEMS WITH SURGERY TELEPHONE NUMBER 0345 245 0780

If you are experiencing any issues with contacting the Health Centre, please email the Practice Manager at halcyonmedical@nhs.net.

Please note that the Health Centre will be closed at 18.00 on Thursday 26th January to allow for essential staff training. The Health Centre will re-open on Friday 27th January at 08.30 am..

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Repeat Prescriptions

Medication

Order Your Repeat Prescription Online

Repeat Prescriptions

greenpills Patients on regular medication will require prescriptions and, for a safer and speedier service, repeat prescriptions are computerised. You must see a doctor at the surgery the first time you need regular medication after you have registered. Your doctor will have entered onto the computer what medication you are taking, and each time a new prescription is written by the computer a new request form is also generated for you to make your next request.

You can also order your repeat prescription by following the link on this page to the online request form. You will need to carry out the simple, one-off registration first which will require an access code from us. Please pop in and ask our reception staff for the access code and they will be happy to set that up for you.

Please ensure that you keep your request slip.

Allow 48 hours for your prescription to be processed.
If required, please indicate on the repeat prescription request form where you would like the prescription sent. Please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope if appropriate.
Either deliver or post your repeat prescription request form to the surgery.
If you are receiving any medication which is not on your request form, see the doctor.
All patients on repeat medication will be booked an appointment to see their doctor at least once a year for a medication review.

Please note you may log back into the online repeat prescriptions site at any time to view the status of your request. Once the request has been processed you will be able to see if you have been approved.

Approved Status	Description
Approved	Your script is approved and will be waiting for you at your requested pick up point
Partially Approved	You have made requests for multiple drugs, some have been approved however some have not, please see below
Not Approved	Your request has not been approved for some reason, see below

Any request not approved is probably due to your repeat prescription being used up or your drug was not prescribed as a repeat in the first place. Please call the practice to book an appointment to see a Nurse or Doctor to get your script approved.

Further Information

Patient Group - NEW

For quick medical advice online or on the telephone contact NHS Direct

NHS 111 is a new service being introduced to make it easier for you to access local NHS healthcare services