A Lincoln doctor’s surgery says goodbye to the green paper prescriptions we all know so well, as it’s one of the first to implement a new service. 

Thanks to the new Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), patients at Cliff House Medical Practice in Lincoln find it easier and quicker to collect prescribed medicine at a time and place which suits them best.

Based on Burton Road and Gresham Street, it is one of the first GP practices in the area to implement EPS which securely sends prescriptions to a pharmacy of the patient’s choice.

The new system means that any prescriptions, including repeat prescriptions, are approved by a GP electronically before being immediately sent to the pharmacy, cutting out unnecessary visits to the surgery to pick up a prescription first.

Richard Slight is a patient at the practice who has been using the service. He said: “It’s so much easier for me to pick up a repeat prescription and it saves me a lot of time. I live about a mile and half away from the surgery and at the moment I can’t drive very well so I’m relying on someone else to help me get my medication.

“Since I’ve been using the electronic system I can put my request in and pick up my medication two days later. Previously I had to put a request in for more medicine at the surgery, pick up the prescription slip two days later then visit the pharmacy where I could be left waiting, or asked to come back to collect the medication when it was ready. The new system saves my wife driving me to and fro and has made life easier for us both. It’s a great surgery, they look after me well and this new service is brilliant.”

Dr Shahid Ansari from Cliff House Medical Practice said: “We all know how difficult it can be to pick up a repeat prescription when you have a busy schedule or how stressful it can be if someone you care about is ill.”

“The Electronic Prescription Service makes it easier for our patients to collect medicine at a convenient time and place, whether that’s close to home or work.

“We’re one of the first GP surgeries in the city of Lincoln to implement this service for our patients. It will save us time at the practice as staff will spend less time processing paper forms and our patients will benefit from a faster and more convenient service.”

Find out more about Electronic Prescription Service here: http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/eps

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Visit www.cliffhousemedicalpractice.co.uk

Notes to editors:
1. 24 out of 101 GP practices across Lincolnshire are using the system.
2. Cliff House Medical Practice was the seventh GP practice to launch the service in the city of Lincoln.
3. Cliff House Medical Practice is open five days a week and operates from its main site on Burton Road and from a branch surgery on Gresham Street in Lincoln.
4. The GP practice is currently accepting new patients.
5. New patients can register online at www.cliffhousemedicalpractice.co.uk or visit the surgery to complete a registration form.

Issued by:
Sarah Howells
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