online repeat prescription services

[jkh112]

My doctor's surgery has offered me the option of using an online service to request repeat prescriptions.
They have provided me with account details which I need to use to register on one of the online sites.
The sites on their list are:
Patient Access
Evergreen Life
Dimec

Patient Access seems to be via a website only, Evergreen seems to be via the website or via an app whereas Dimec appears to be app only.
I dont want to register on all 3 just to see which is the best (or worst) so does anyone have any experience good or bad of these?

[PositronicRay]

jkh112 said:

My doctor's surgery has offered me the option of using an online service to request repeat prescriptions.
They have provided me with account details which I need to use to register on one of the online sites.
The sites on their list are:
Patient Access
Evergreen Life
Dimec

Patient Access seems to be via a website only, Evergreen seems to be via the website or via an app whereas Dimec appears to be app only.
I dont want to register on all 3 just to see which is the best (or worst) so does anyone have any experience good or bad of these?

I use patient access, I didn't know there were others.

It seems to work ok, order then prescription goes to local pharmacy. My problem is the local pharmacy are pretty useless, often not actioning until you're standing @ the counter and rarely completely fulfilled despite giving a few days grace.

Need to find another pharmacy.

[Riley Blue]

We also use Patient Access and have no problems ordering repeat prescriptions via it. What is irritating is that although we order ours at the same time, they're not dealt with by the same person by the surgery so the pharmacy sometimes receives them separately and they're delivered separately - not an issue if you collect yours of course.

[anonymous-user]

PositronicRay said:

I use patient access, I didn't know there were others.

It seems to work ok, order then prescription goes to local pharmacy. My problem is the local pharmacy are pretty useless, often not actioning until you're standing @ the counter and rarely completely fulfilled despite giving a few days grace.

Need to find another pharmacy.

Same here. System is let down by a badly organized chemist.

[Frank7]

jkh112 said:

My doctor's surgery has offered me the option of using an online service to request repeat prescriptions.
They have provided me with account details which I need to use to register on one of the online sites.
The sites on their list are:
Patient Access
Evergreen Life
Dimec

Patient Access seems to be via a website only, Evergreen seems to be via the website or via an app whereas Dimec appears to be app only.
I dont want to register on all 3 just to see which is the best (or worst) so does anyone have any experience good or bad of these?

I use Patient Access, on my i Mac, i Pad, and an app on my i Phone, works good for me, I order online, and 48 hours later they’re in the nominated chemist shop.

[mp3manager]

Grahamdub said:

PositronicRay said:

I use patient access, I didn't know there were others.

It seems to work ok, order then prescription goes to local pharmacy. My problem is the local pharmacy are pretty useless, often not actioning until you're standing @ the counter and rarely completely fulfilled despite giving a few days grace.

Need to find another pharmacy.

Same here. System is let down by a badly organized chemist.

Again, this is my experience also.

[thatjagbloke]

We email the GP surgery directly and they send the prescription directly to the attached pharmacy within 24 hours. This works brilliantly and the medication is always ready when we go to pick it up. Never heard of any of these apps mentioned. Is it a national thing ?

[PositronicRay]

mp3manager said:

Grahamdub said:

PositronicRay said:

I use patient access, I didn't know there were others.

It seems to work ok, order then prescription goes to local pharmacy. My problem is the local pharmacy are pretty useless, often not actioning until you're standing @ the counter and rarely completely fulfilled despite giving a few days grace.

Need to find another pharmacy.

Same here. System is let down by a badly organized chemist.

Again, this is my experience also.

The bizarre thing is prior to relocating we used a medical centre with a pharmacy (same company) attached just a different branch of a small chain of pharmacies, absolutely perfect. Maybe the current 'shop' doesn't have enough space to do things properly, but it's the only game in town.

[anonymous-user]

I use Patient Access - either the website on my PC or the App on my iPhone.

Works great for me - that could be.because my dispensing chemist is at the doctors surgery.

[V8covin]

I use the Patient Access android app.
You will need to register at your preferred pharmacy beforehand.
Takes approximately 48 hours between requesting a prescription and being ready for collection
Works well for me

[jkh112]

Patient Access seems to be popular and I hadn't realised they had an app.
I'll probably give them a try rather than risk it with the others.