Pharmacy
Contact details
Please note: NGH Pharmacy and Boots Pharmacy opening times differ.
Telephone: 01604 545700
Opening Hours (For inpatient and inpatient discharge prescriptions)
Monday - Friday: 08.45 am - 6.00 pm
Saturday: 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Sunday: 10.00 am - 4.00 pm [discharges]
Bank Holidays: 10.00 am - 2.00 pm
Telephone: 01604 624147
Opening Hours (For out patient prescriptions only)
Monday - Friday: 09.00 am - 6.00 pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Bank Holidays: Closed
A list of out-of-hours chemists is available from Phase 1 main reception and A&E.
Representatives are seen by appointment only.
The main hospital pharmacy is located on Hospital Street (area E), just along from Cliftonville Restaurant, near to car park 1.
The NGH Boots Pharmacy is opposite the hospital pharmacy.
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- Aseptic Dispensing
- Prescription surveillance and Clinical Pharmacy advice
- Dispensing for in-patients, out-patients [NGH Boots] and discharge patients
- Procurement of commercial and 'special' medicines
- Distribution of medicines to wards and departments [we have an ARX robot and e-cabinets on some wards]
- Formulary Management
- NGH Formulary
- Medicines Information to answer enquiries and produce guidance
- Quality Assurance of medicines and environments
- Radiopharmacy Support
- Training and Development for pharmacy staff and others
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The team
The team of 115 staff is made up of pharmacists, medicine management technicians, pharmacy technicians, dispensers, assistant technical officers (ATOs), administrative and clerical staff.
Facilities
- Modern, centrally located, department with a licensed manufacturing unit and wholesale dealer's licence.
- Office facilities in adjacent location [Billing House]
- Automated dispensing system
- Ward pharmacy staff have individual notebooks/laptops
- Electronic discharge, electronic prescribing of chemotherapy and EPMA pilot
- Aseptic unit (a sterile environment used for making up chemotherapy and other medicines)
- Quality assurance department