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Hospital Pharmacies

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kittylester Sat 01-Oct-22 18:04:02

Anecdotally, hospital pharmacies round here don't seem very efficient.

Are they operated by the hospital in which the operate or are they outsourced?

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Blossoming Sat 01-Oct-22 18:12:27

Where I live the pharmacies are operated by the hospital trust. I have found them OK.

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midgey Sat 01-Oct-22 18:30:26

The nearest one to us always has massive queues, but they would wouldn’t they when they are dealing with lots of clinics as well as many wards.

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growstuff Sat 01-Oct-22 20:06:33

They also post prescriptions to discharged patients - at least the one at my local hospital did.

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growstuff Sat 01-Oct-22 20:09:03

PS. It's been outsourced to a pharmacy chain.

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Callistemon21 Sat 01-Oct-22 20:56:17

kittylester I am annoyed that pharmacists have now been delegated to have telephone consultations with patients instead of the patient speaking to the hospital consultant or even a junior doctor.

Ask a question about anything other than how the medication is working and they don't know the answer.

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