Complete the assessment
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Complete a short questionnaire and upload your previous prescription or prescribing evidence. Your clinician uses this to verify your prescribing history.
Emergency prescription supply in Islington
Run out of repeat medication? Request a short-term supply online, reviewed by a UK-qualified pharmacist and collected from a Islington pharmacy.
Takes about 5 minutes · Collect from a local Islington pharmacy
Trust/Refund strip
Only pay when approved — declined requests are refunded in full.
How it works
Three simple steps. Complete the assessment online, choose your pharmacy, then collect your prescription in Islington.
Choose where to collect
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At the end, pick whichever of the five Islington pharmacies suits you — the one nearest home, or the one open latest. Then pay the £15.
Collect in Islington
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A UK-qualified pharmacist prescriber reviews your request. If approved, your private electronic prescription is sent to your chosen pharmacy, who’ll let you know when it’s ready.
Green Light Pharmacy
Closed todayWe Are Open:
- Monday – Friday (09:00 – 18:30)
GPhC registration 1101625
New North Pharmacy
Closed todayWe Are Open:
- Monday – Friday (09:00 – 19:00)
- Saturday (09:00 – 14:00)
GPhC registration 1107408
Savemain Pharmacy
Closed todayWe Are Open:
- Monday – Friday (09:00 – 19:00)
- Saturday (09:00 – 18:30)
GPhC registration 1040298
Aura Pharmacy
Closed todayWe Are Open:
- Monday – Friday (09:00 – 18:00)
- Saturday (09:00 – 13:00)
GPhC registration 1040352
Egerton Pharmacy
Closed todayWe Are Open:
- Monday – Friday (09:00 – 18:30)
- Saturday (09:00 – 15:00)
GPhC registration 9010982
What the service covers
The Emergency Supply Service is for medication you have been prescribed before and have run out of. It is not a route to a new or first-time prescription.
Prescribed It
You have run out of a repeat medication and cannot get a GP appointment in time
You are away from home or travelling and left your medication behind
You can provide a copy of a previous prescription, or other evidence you have been prescribed it before
You are a UK resident, or a visitor to the UK
Typical online form
You have never been prescribed the medicine before
You need urgent or emergency medical care — contact NHS 111, or 999 in an emergency
You cannot supply evidence of previous supply
Some medicines cannot be supplied this way — the prescriber will tell you during your assessment
The prescriber judges the request clinically unsuitable, in which case your fee is refunded
Questions people ask
Find answers about your consultation, prescription and pharmacy collection.
Once your request is approved, the prescription is sent electronically to the pharmacy you chose, and they will contact you when it is ready. The optional While You Wait service (£3) is available Monday to Saturday excluding bank holidays, subject to pharmacy staff availability and cut-off times. Requests needing a follow-up call from a clinician take longer.
It is the consultation fee for a prescriber to review your request — £15 for one medication, plus £5 for each additional one. The medication itself is not included, and its price depends on which pharmacy you choose. If your request is not approved, the consultation fee is refunded in full.
A copy of your previous prescription, or other evidence that the medicine has been prescribed to you before — a repeat slip or pharmacy label, for example. You can photograph it during the assessment.
No. These are the Pharmacinta partner pharmacies in Islington. If you would rather collect elsewhere, you can pick any partner pharmacy during the assessment. Choosing here simply saves you a step and shows accurate pricing sooner.
No. This is a private service. Pharmacinta is regulated by the Care Quality Commission; the pharmacies that dispense are registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. If you are eligible for NHS care, speak to your GP practice or NHS 111 first.
Questions people ask
A prescriber reviews your request and, if approved, sends it straight to the Islington pharmacy you choose.
£15 · only charged if approved · refunded in full if not