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The primary role of the inpatient Pharmacy Department is to care for inpatients of Weston General Hospital, through ensuring the best use of medicines, and providing information about medicines to both patients and to the professionals who treat them.
Hours of opening: Mon to Fri: 9 – 5:30pm, and Saturday 9 –12:30pm
Lead pharmacist: Sarah Karthauser
Contact Information:Tel: 01934 647061
We do not supply medication for outpatients. We work closely with the Lloyds Outpatient Pharmacy, which is situated on the ground floor, who dispense medication for hospital outpatients. Neither pharmacy is able to dispense prescriptions written by GPs.
Lloyds Outpatient Pharmacy
Pharmacist: Claire Bennett
Hours of opening: Mon to Fri: 9 – 6pm
Tel: 01934 414584Fax: 01934 424399
Out of Hours Pharmacy
You can find out where your nearest Out of Hours Pharmacy is by telephoning NHS on 111. There is also an online tool available through the NHS Choices website at http://www.nhs.uk.
Along with other Acute Trusts and CCGs the Trust is a partner organisation in the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Joint Formulary Group and the formulary that the Trust bases its prescribing on can be accessed using the following link:-
http://www.bnssgformulary.nhs.uk/