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"impossible to order repeat prescriptions"

About: The Springhead Medical Centre

i have been trying to get to the appropriate sector to request a repeat prescription for my child who has asthma. prescriptions can only be reordered by email, telephone requests will not be taken. having searched through the various websites connected to/established by this centre, there is nowhere on any of them to send an email to request the needed prescription, so ive tried ringing, and ringing, and ringing, to enquire exactly how i order a repeat prescription if im not allowed to do it via the phone and there is/are no facilities on any of the sites to place my request. the only facility i am offered is to join the online gp consultancy, ergo forgoing my rights to see a gp in person (unless essential), this service i do not want. so i will continue to search the websites, probably to no avail again, and i shall continue to try and get someone at the surgery to answer my call, and i shall try to resolve the situation, hopefully with assistance from someone there, if i ever get through!!!!!

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Response from The Springhead Medical Centre 6 years ago
The Springhead Medical Centre
Submitted on 13/11/2017 at 09:44
Published on nhs.uk on 22/02/2018 at 17:06


We are sorry to hear that you are having a problem and are surprised that you cannot find the email address which is

HULLCCG.B81056-Prescriptions@nhs.net

Mondays are a very busy day and our phones get very congested which is why we like to make electronic options available for when the phones are busy

We are in the process of redesigning our website, but the email is there on www.springheadmedical.nhs.uk under the Opening Times block just below our CQC report status

The email address is also stated on our NHS Choices page under FAQ

We also publicised it last week on the Modality Hull Facebook page in response to a patient who stated they were also having trouble finding it.

The eConsult facility (https://springheadmedical.webgp.com/consult-administrative-help) would have also allowed you to make your request.

In the absence of all the other routes have filled in a prescription request at reception and left it in the box

Hopefully one of these routes will allow you to make your prescription request succesfully

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