For GP practices · NHS colleagues

Refer your patients to MediPill.

Four GPhC-registered community pharmacies across Oxfordshire accepting Pharmacy First, blood pressure, contraception and NMS referrals - same-day, walk-in friendly, with outcomes fed back to your practice.

How to refer

1

From your clinical system

Send a Pharmacy First referral from EMIS / SystmOne using the branch ODS code below - or direct the patient to walk in; no referral is required for them to be seen.

2

By phone

Call the branch and we’ll take the details - useful for same-day cases or where you want a pharmacist to call the patient back.

3

What happens next

The pharmacist consults under the national Pharmacy First clinical pathways and the outcome is recorded back to the patient’s GP record in the usual way.

Branch ODS codes

BranchODS codeAddressPhone
MediPill BotleyFC5469 Westway Square, Botley, Oxford OX2 9TJ01865 247 023
Headington PharmacyFA446207 London Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 9JA01865 765 559
MediPill SummertownFXR17227 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7HQ01865 558 348
MediPill DeddingtonFWE31The Studio, Hudson Street, Deddington OX15 0SW01869 337 583

What we take referrals for

Pharmacy First - all seven national pathways with the standard age criteria: sinusitis (12+), sore throat (5+), earache (1-17), infected insect bites (1+), impetigo (1+), shingles (18+), uncomplicated UTI (women 16-64). Also: NHS blood pressure checks, NHS contraception (initiation & continuation), New Medicine Service, and seasonal NHS flu and COVID vaccination for eligible patients.

Practice managers: to arrange a standing referral pathway, a visit from our pharmacist team, or supplies of referral information for reception, call your nearest branch and ask for the pharmacy manager.