Pharmacy

The Pharmacy department offers a comprehensive pharmaceutical service covering many aspects of pharmacy required for a teaching hospital.

We play a major role in a patient’s care at the James Paget University Hospital. This is achieved by supplying and ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines as well as providing information about medicines to both hospital staff and patients.

The pharmacy team comprises of over 90  staff members, made up of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants and clerical staff.

On an average day we will dispense around 900 prescriptions from the dispensary.

Patients Medicines

When you visit our Hospitals, please bring all your medicines with you, where possible in their original containers. When you go home the Hospital Pharmacy will return the medicines you need and supply any new treatment prescribed.

Meet our senior team

Top Row (Left to Right): Clare Harper, Procurement & Homecare Manager; Chris Street, Chief Pharmacist; Mario Price, Senior Production Pharmacist; and Charles Barsted, Deputy Chief Pharmacist.

Bottom Row (Left to Right): Amy Skinner, Clinical Team Leader; Kalvin Scott, Head of Clinical Pharmacy; Lucy Coull, Dispensary and Stores Manager.

What services are provided?

Dispensary

• Dispensing of in-patient chart prescriptions
• Supply of Discharge medication
• Out-patient prescriptions from the various outpatient clinics
• Day case patients requiring medication
• Outside units/hospitals
• Clinical trials
• Hospital-only prescribed medication
• Various emergency kits used in hospital wards and departments

Stores

• Procurement and distribution of all medication
• Ward Top-up service
• Dietetics products

Production

• Aseptic dispensing
• Chemotherapy injections and infusions
• Extemporaneous preparations
• TPN (nutrition that goes directly into the bloodstream)

Quality Control Function

• Environmental monitoring
• Gas testing

Clinical Pharmacy

• Clinical pharmacy activity on wards  
• Medical information service for patients and staff

How can I get a referral?

On the ward – ask a member of staff to refer you to a member of the pharmacy team.

Contact us directly on 01493 452387.

We are only able to answer questions relating to medication supplied at an Out-patient appointment or related to a recent In-patient admission.

How can I contact the department?

Dispensary: 01493 452387

Pharmacy Stores: 01493 452388

Production (TPN, Aseptics): 01493 452390