Online Prescription

A Prescription, Online

After an in-person or video consultation, a NuHealth doctor can issue your prescription digitally — signed, verifiable, and ready for any pharmacy or for the NuHealth ePharmacy.

  • 51clinicians in South Africa

Issued after a real consultation

A registered doctor sees you first — in person or by video — and decides whether a prescription is right for you.

Signed and verifiable

Every script carries the doctor’s details and a code any pharmacy can check at nuhealth.co.za/verify.

Medicine to your door

Order from licensed pharmacies on the NuHealth ePharmacy for delivery or collection; a pharmacist checks the script first.

How an online prescription works

Book a consultation with a doctor. If they decide medicine is needed, they issue the prescription digitally during or after the visit, and it appears in your NuHealth record.

Take it to any pharmacy, or order on the NuHealth ePharmacy; the pharmacist checks the script before your medicine is dispensed.

Repeat prescriptions

For medicine you take regularly, book a follow-up with your doctor. They review how you are doing and decide whether to repeat the script; it is never issued without a consultation.

What a doctor may not prescribe online

Some problems need an examination or a test before medicine can be prescribed, and some medicines are tightly controlled. The doctor decides what is safe, and may ask you to be seen in person.

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Clinicians in South Africa

Real profiles with live availability — fees, languages and whether they consult by video.

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Dr. Palesa Mabuza
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Soweto, Gauteng
13+ yrs exp
In personVideo
EnglishSesothoisiZulu
Consultation

R700

Unavailable
LK
Dr. Linda Komo
General Practitioner
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
24+ yrs exp
In personVideo
English
Consultation

R825

Unavailable
NC
Cardiology
17+ yrs exp
In personVideo
EnglishisiZuluisiXhosa
Consultation

R900

Unavailable
LS
Cardiothoracic Surgery
20+ yrs exp
In person
EnglishisiXhosaAfrikaans
Consultation

R1,200

Unavailable
NM
Paediatric Surgery
13+ yrs exp
In person
EnglishisiZuluAfrikaans
Consultation

R900

Unavailable
SB
Neurology
15+ yrs exp
In personVideo
EnglishAfrikaansSesotho
Consultation

R900

Unavailable
Where

Areas this covers

  • South Africa
Questions

What people ask

Can a doctor prescribe online in South Africa?

Yes. A registered doctor can prescribe after a consultation, including a video consultation, when they judge it clinically appropriate.

How does a pharmacy know my script is real?

Each NuHealth prescription carries a code. The pharmacy enters it at nuhealth.co.za/verify to confirm it is genuine and who issued it.

Can I have my medicine delivered?

Yes. Order on the NuHealth ePharmacy from a licensed pharmacy for delivery or collection; the pharmacist checks your prescription before dispensing.