NHS board urges Buckinghamshire residents to order repeat prescriptions ahead of Christmas
The NHS body serving Buckinghamshire is urging patients to organise their repeat prescriptions ahead of the festive holidays.
Today, the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) has urged patients to order their repeat prescriptions in time for the Christmas and New Year bank holidays.
The health body advises that some pharmacies and all GP surgeries will be closed during the upcoming bank holidays.
Residents are advised that repeat prescriptions can be made via the NHS app. Patients can find out how to download and use the app on the NHS website. Both collections and deliveries can be arranged via the service.
Prescriptions can also be ordered with local GPs. The healthy body advises that many practices have an online repeat prescription service on their websites.
Patients without online access are advised to contact their surgeries for repeat medications and to arrange where to pick the medicines up from.
Dr Abid Irfan, chief officer primary care at Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West ICB, said: "Help yourself stay well over the Christmas and New Year holidays by making sure you have enough of your medication to see you through.
“It's best to order your usual medications well in advance, especially if you're going away. And you can also help by checking with vulnerable family members, friends and neighbours that they have the medications they need.
“GP practices are closed over the Christmas and New Year bank holidays and many pharmacies have different opening times.
"If you do run out of your medication, NHS 111 online can offer advice on how to get an emergency supply. But it's always best to be prepared."