The NHS is warning people on regular medication to get prepared ahead of the next May Bank Holiday - revealing the deadline patients have to order their prescriptions by in order to have their medication in time for the long weekend.
The spring bank holiday, coming on May 29, marks the fourth bank holiday since April. This means that the bank holiday weekend will stretch from Saturday, May 27, to Monday, May 29.
The NHS north west’s chief pharmacist is reminding people not to leave it too late to order repeat prescriptions if they are due over that weekend. Every bank holiday the NHS 111 phone service sees huge increases in people contacting it about repeat prescriptions – and Easter and the first two Bank Holidays in May were no different, according to the NHS medic.
