Frequently asked questions

NowPatient is an online pharmacy & telehealth service that is available in the US and UK. Our service is FREE and packed with useful features that can help you save money on the cost of your medications, access virtual treatments, and provide tools that can help improve your overall health.

Get started today and benefit from medication reminders, Get Treated Privately, NHS online pharmacy, GP appointment booking, Rx savings card, Drug Coupons, US drug savings programs, health conditions information, genetic testing, home test kits, BMI Risks, Type 2 Diabetes Risks, pollen meter, air quality monitor, and lots more!

Our service is operated by experienced medical professionals in the United States and the United Kingdom. You can view the online services that we provide by clicking Features.

UK users can safely and securely buy medicines online that treat a wide range of medical conditions. UK customers can also order NHS prescriptions online with the benefit of free tracked delivery.

US customers, regardless of insurance coverage, can enjoy huge savings on prescription medications using our various drug savings programs including drug coupons, savings card and manufacturer-sponsored patient assistance programs.

NowPatient has offices in the United Kingdom and United States.

In the UK, we are located at:

NowPatient
28 Chipstead Valley Road
Coulsdon
Surrey
CR52RA

In the US, we are located at:

NowPatient
8911 North Capital of Texas Highway
Suite 4200 #1263
78759
Austin, TX

NowPatient is owned and operated by Infohealth Ltd, a licensed online pharmacy with services spanning the UK, US and Rest of the World. Infohealth Ltd is registered in England and Wales under company number 04004930 and our registered office is at Lynwood House, 373 – 375 Station Road, Harrow, England, HA1 2AW.

Our website is www.nowpatient.com. Our App is called “NowPatient” and can be downloaded from the App Store (for Apple devices) or Google Play (for Android devices).

To contact NowPatient, please use the contact form available on the Contact Us page.

Alternatively, if you need to speak to us, you can reach us on the following numbers:

UK telephone number – 020 388 51 500
US telephone number – 1-866-967-1977

Our office hours are:

UK – Monday-Friday 9am-6pm GMT
US – Monday-Friday 8am-5pm EST

Please note that we are closed at weekends.

In the event of a medical life-threatening emergency please call:

UK – 999
US – 911

In the event of a medical emergency which is not life-threatening please call:

UK – 111

Android and Apple applications

You now download our NowPatient app for both Apple and Android.

• Android – Google Play Store
• Apple – Apple App Store

Web app

NowPatient is also available as a web application that you can access from any device via our website to: 

• Register – https://app.nowpatient.com/register
• Log in – https://app.nowpatient.com/login

Simply access our website from any device (laptop, tablet, smartphone) and click on “Login” to access the NowPatient web application. 

If you haven’t registered, please access our website and click on “Get Started” to register with us.  

NowPatient can be accessed via App or also by using a standard web browser like Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge, or Internet Explorer.

NowPatient’s Pharmaceutical services in the UK are provided by Infohealth Limited trading as ‘Infohealth Pharmacy’.

Our dispensing pharmacy is regulated and authorized for internet sales by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), registration number 1036487. You can view our license credentials on the General Pharmaceutical Council website. Our superintendent pharmacist who is responsible for the safe and effective oversight of medicines supplies is Mr Amish Patel (Registration Number 2042705).

Medicines are not ordinary items of commerce. All medicines or healthcare product sales are made under the supervision of a registered pharmacist who is licensed by the GPhC. At all times, we endeavour to provide a professional and transparent service whose primary goal is to ensure that the best interests of the patient are served.

Our prescribing services are regulated by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). We provide the following regulated activity:

• treatment of disease, disorder, or injury
• transport services, triage, and medical advice are provided remotely
• caring for adults over 65 years old
• caring for adults under 65 years old

NowPatient prescribing services are run by Infohealth Limited. The Clinical Safety Officer and nominated individual is Mr Navin Khosla.

Our head of US services is Dr. Jamie Winn.

You can lower the cost of your prescription medications using our various savings programs which include drug coupons, savings card and manufacturer-sponsored patient assistance programs.

We do not provide any prescribing services or dispensing services in the United States.

Yes. NowPatient provides trustworthy and accessible clinical, health education and prescription services. We are also trusted by the NHS to deliver clinical and NHS repeat prescription dispensing across the whole of England. In the United States, we work with over 65,000 pharmacies to deliver considerable costs savings for our users.

NowPatient is operated by experienced licensed medical professionals in the United Kingdom and United States. Our Medical Team can be found here.

Our service is trusted by thousands of patients worldwide. You can read their reviews on our Trustpilot:

NowPatient Trustpilot

NowPatient has a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) that is triggered if our systems are down. The aim of our BCP is to ensure that there is no significant disruption to the delivery of the health care services provided by NowPatient and that the pharmacy contributes effectively to civil emergencies where appropriate. ISO 22301 defines business continuity as:

“The capability of the organisation to continue delivery of products or services at acceptable predefined levels following a disruptive incident”

You can view our security standards and policies:

https://nowpatient.com/features/safe-and-secure

We accept most major credit and debit cards through our website, including American Express. We are able to accept digital wallet payments via ApplePay and GPay. Unfortunately, we do not currently accept PayPal.

The payment currencies we currently accept are USD ($) and GBP (£). 

Our cancellations and returns policy can be accessed from the link below.  

https://nowpatient.com/cancellation-returns

From time to time, we accept that our service levels may not be up to your expectations. NowPatient welcomes concerns, compliments and complaints as valuable feedback that will help us learn from your experiences and make improvements. Feedback can be provided via our clear and transparent Complaints Procedures.

If you have an issue when using the app please contact our support team or send us an email at support@nowpatient.com.

If you’d like to be removed from our mailing list, you can contact us here and we would be happy to change this for you.

When we remove you from our mailing list you stop receiving marketing communications, however, you’ll still receive service notifications like delivery notifications and important messages relating to the services that we provide you.

To change your email address, you can do this from your account once you have logged in or via the app directly.

To change your password, you can do this from your account once you have logged in or via the app directly.

If you have forgotten your password, select the ‘forgotten your password’ option when signing in and follow the instructions. Please note you must have access to your account’s email address.

As part of our terms of use, we require you to nominate our pharmacy to dispense your NHS prescriptions. If we receive notification that we have been de-nominated then your account will be automatically suspended. Do not worry, if you did not mean to denominate NowPatient, we can reactivate your account easily. You can do this by calling or emailing us but the easiest way to reactivate your account is by logging into your account, where you will see a suspense screen asking you if you would like to re-nominate NowPatient. If you confirm the re-nomination request, then your account will be reactivated. If, however, you wish to change pharmacy, then your account will be deleted. All your information will be deleted except for data that is held in line with our data retention policy, which we are required to maintain, by law.