Prescriptions Charges and Exemptions

Extensive exemption and remission arrangements protect those likely to have difficulty in paying charges (NHS prescription and dental charges, optical and hospital travel costs).

You will need to show your certificate (letter/card) as proof when collecting medication.  Our staff will ask to see this.  Photocopies or photographs will not be accepted.

The NHS prescription charge is a flat-rate amount which successive Governments have thought it reasonable to charge for those who can afford to pay for their medicines. Prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs) offer real savings for people who need extensive medication.

NHS charges

These charges apply in England only. In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales prescriptions are free of charge.

• Prescription (per item): £9.90
• 12-month prepayment certificate (PPC): £114.50
• 3-month PPC: £32.05

If you will have to pay for four or more prescription items in three months, or more than 15 items in 12 months, you may find it cheaper to buy a PPC.

• Telephone advice and order line 0845 850 0030
• General Public - Buy or Renew a PPC On-line

There is further information about prescription exemptions and fees on the NHS website

Repeat Prescriptions

Please request your medication in writing, in person at the surgery, by fax or email to: somicb.dispensary-mendipcp@nhs.net  or via the website (simple registration required for website access).

Please plan ahead and allow 3 working days (72 hrs) for us to issue the prescription. The dispensary may require additional time to prepare the medication due to the Christmas period.

Repeat Prescription Requests - Christmas period

For repeat prescriptions please request them no later than the 19^th December.

Requests made after this are not guaranteed to be ready in time for Christmas. 

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Online Repeat Prescriptions

Order Your Repeat Prescription Online

You are now able to request a repeat prescription with the doctor online, using the surgery Patient Access (formerly EMIS) medical system via the link above.

In order to request repeat medication online you must have previously obtained the necessary access codes. Please click here for more information.

Always allow 72 hours (excluding weekends) for your request to be processed before collecting your medication.

We are pleased to be able to offer a free medication delivery service to our dispensing patients – your repeat medication can be delivered to you at home on a regular basis (or delivered to another person you nominate to take delivery for you). Please contact dispensary for more information. On each delivery, our driver will arrange with you your next delivery – so you don't have to contact the surgery to order your next lot of medication.

Repeat medication can also be requested and delivered to post offices in the villages of Holcombe, Mells and Stoke St Michael. This voluntary service continues due to the generosity of the postmasters of these villages.

Non–Dispensing Patients

What is a non–dispensing patient?

If you live within 1 mile (1.6 km) of a chemist (as the crow flies) we cannot dispense your medication. This means that although you may be registered with the practice and collect printed prescriptions from our dispensary, we are not allowed to dispense the medication if you live within a mile of a chemist. This is not our decision! Although we would like to provide all of our patients with a full dispensing service, we have to abide by dispensary laws.

Important Notice

We have recently migrated our computer software to Emis Web, and as standard procedure on this system, the diagnosis for medication is now detailed along with the prescription.

Should you wish for someone else to collect your medication on your behalf, and do not wish them to view your prescription, please advise the dispensary staff who can arrange for your prescription to be placed in a sealed envelope.

Medication Reviews

Patients on repeat medication will be asked to see a doctor, nurse practitioner or practice nurse at least once a year to review these regular medications and notification should appear on your repeat slip.

Please ensure that you book an appropriate appointment to avoid unnecessary delays to further prescriptions.

Dispensary or Local Pharmacy 

Patients living closer than 1.6km (or 1 mile) of a pharmacy “as the crow flies”,  will need to take their prescriptions to any community pharmacy of their choice.

Patients living further than 1.6km (or 1 mile) from the new pharmacy "as the crow flies" can continue to have their prescriptions dispensed by the Mendip Country Practice if they so wish or they can take their prescriptions to any community pharmacy of their choice.

The current situation for non-dispensing patients registered with Mendip Country Practice, for example those living in Frome, Radstock and Shepton Mallet, will remain unchanged. They take their prescriptions to any community pharmacy of their choice.

Mendip Country Practice will continue its medication delivery service to those eligible patients on Tuesday mornings.

Please ask at dispensary if you have any queries.

Please click on the link to find out more information Pharmacies Near You

Coleford Pharmacy

Crossways, Church Street, Coleford, Radstock, BA3 5NH
01373 813895

0.1 miles away

Westfield Pharmacy

Westfield Pharmacy, 9 Elm Tree Avenue, Radstock, Bath, BA3 3SX
01761 434692

3.2 miles away

Midsomer Pharmacy

98 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2DE
01761 568202

3.4 miles away

Clement Pharmacy 

7 The Street, Radstock, Bath, Avon, BA3 3PL
01761 434687

3.5 miles away

Lloyds Pharmacy Inside Sainsbury's

Wessex Fields, Marston Road, Frome, BA11 4DH
01373 461781

5.4 miles away

Boots Frome

10-11 Market Place, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1AB
01373 462402

5.6 miles away

Boots Shepton Mallet

Unit 2b Townsend Shopping Park, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5TZ
01749 346953

8.1 miles away

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