For patients who are on long term or specialist medication, the prospect of taking your prescriptions to a high street pharmacy on a regular basis is not always a simple or acceptable option. However, there is now an alternative way to receive your medication; by using Central Homecare, you can experience:
Because Central Homecare already supplies, on behalf of the NHS, many specialist drugs to patients at homes throughout the UK, we are well placed to manage your own NHS or private prescriptions. All you need to do is send us your prescription and we’ll dispense it and deliver it to your home or to an alternative address of your choice.
Drugs which we supply:
Unlike some on-line pharmacies which supply a wide range of drugs to patients at home, Central Homecare supplies only a select range of specialist drugs which require careful management (for example, precise temperature control). We are very experienced in doing this. For example, we are Pfizer’s preferred home supplier of their growth hormone Genotropin ® throughout the UK . We also supply a range of IVF drugs for companies like Ferring Pharmaceuticals.
How to order your medication:
Your doctor will have given you either an NHS prescription or alternatively a private prescription. We can dispense both types of prescription but you need to ensure you complete the prescriptions correctly.
Procedure:
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Complete your prescription as detailed below:
NHS prescription: If you are exempt from paying prescription charges, you’ll need to tick the appropriate box on the back of the prescription form and sign and date it where indicated. Sometimes you may need to supply additional Proof of Exemption. Where this is necessary, please send a signed photocopy of the document indicated in the Proof of Exemption table (adjacent to the code letter you’ve ticked on the back of your prescription), rather than the original.
If you are not exempt from paying prescription charges, please sign the prescription in the appropriate place. You will then need to pay the relevant prescription charge to us; this is currently £6.85 per item (see Payment Details below ).
Private prescription: Please complete the Information Request Form and post it together with your prescription and payment to Central Homecare Limited.
By sending a prescription to Central Homecare Limited, you consent to the pharmacy dispensing your order. If you wish to know who will dispense your medication, please contact Central Homecare Limited on 01420-543400 and you will be provided with this information.
Payment details:
If you intend to pay by credit or debit card, please complete the bottom section of the Information Request Form. Alternatively, please make your cheque payable to Central Homecare Limited
Delivery details:
FREE DELIVERY for all UK prescriptions. In general, we will despatch your prescription in plain and discreet packaging, through the Royal Mail’s Recorded Delivery or Special Delivery service (depending upon the value of the drugs). For drugs which need to be kept cold, your delivery will be made by a specialist courier company (please note that these cold chain items will be supplied in specialist packaging so that they are kept at the correct temperature). In all cases you will need to sign to confirm receipt of your prescription. When you receive your drugs, please ensure you store them according to the directions on the packaging.
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Drugs which Central Homecare can supply
Below is listed a selection of the drugs which we can supply. Please contact us for an up-to-date listing.
Metoject (Methotrexate pre-filled syringes 10mg/mL)
Genotropin ® cartridges 5.3mg x 1 and 12mg x 1
Genotropin MiniQuick 0.2mg x 7, 0.4mg x 7, 0.6mg x 7, 0.8mg x 7, 1.0mg x 7, 1.2mg x 7, 1.4mg x 7, 1.6mg x 7, 1.8mg x 7 and 2.0mg x 7
IVF: full range of therapies available
Viagra® 25mg x 4; 25mg x 8; 50mg x 4, 50mg x 8; 100mg x 4, 100mg x 8