Patients across Greater Manchester are being urged to order their repeat prescriptions now. The call comes ahead of the August bank holiday, when NHS services including GP practices and pharmacies will only be operating within limited opening hours.
Last bank holiday – the NHS 111 phone service saw more than a 400 per cent increase in people contacting it about repeat prescriptions. The figures rose from 801 calls in the three days before the Jubilee Bank Holiday to 4,287 in the first three days of the Jubilee weekend.
Any repeat prescriptions will need to be ordered before Monday August 22 at the latest, the North West chief pharmacist has warned, reminding patients not to leave it too late. The August Bank Holiday is on August 29.
