• In the red box inside the surgery entrance (or in the letter box when closed) 
• In the secure box at Rowlands Chemist, Ellesmere  
• Through the door at the Millennium Hall Cockshutt
• In the letterbox provided at the village shop in Cockshutt
• In the letterbox provided at the garage in Welshampton
• In the letterbox provided at the Criftins Parish Hall in Dudleston Heath 

Or

• posted to us (enclose a SAE if you want us to return the form)
• Faxed to us on 01691 623294.
• by e-mail at emp@nhs.net
  Please note that this e-mail address is for prescription requests only, not for any other messages.
• Use the online form.

Please note: for safety reasons, we do not take repeat prescription requests over the telephone. If you pay for your medication, and request your prescription to be delivered to Cockshutt, Welshampton or Criftins, please put a cheque with your prescription request made payable to ‘Ellesmere Medical Practice’.

Please allow at least 2 working days for all prescription requests.
(or ask us, by filling in the appropriate from, to send to Rowlands Chemist)

• Helping surgeries team up with pharmacies to regularly review medicines, ensuring they are safe and effective.
• Most doctors are prescribing medicines for only one or two months supply at a time. This helps avoid waste when treatment changes or stops.
• Contact: 
  The Medicines Management Team 
  Shelton Hospital 
  Tel. 01743 492195

How can YOU help?

• You can help by ticking and checking your order form carefully. Sometimes, if forms are sent to the surgery with no ticks against what you actually need the doctor has to assume that you want all your medicines and so other medicines (ones that you take, but have not actually run out of) are also prescribed. 
• When you collect your prescription from the surgery, check that it is only for the medicine you require. If there is anything extra, please tell the receptionist.  
• Avoid being tempted to order extra as a stand by.
• If the pharmacist can not give you all of your medicines in one go, remember to go back and collect the remainder. You should be given a ticket showing what and how much is still owed.
• Please do not ask for a new prescription from the surgery until you have made sure that you have collected the full quantity of the previous prescription.
• If you feel that you no longer need a particular medicine or have any problems with the medicine you are prescribed, tell your doctor or pharmacist - they will not mind. You could be helping prevent waste. But whatever you do, please do not stop taking them without consultation.