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Who we are

The Pharmacy Service at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust sits within the Clinical Support Directorate.  There are currently two in-patient pharmacies in the Trust – one at South Tyneside District Hospital and the other at Sunderland Royal Hospital, providing a diverse range of operational and clinical services to ensure patients have medicines that are safe, appropriate, evidence-based and cost-effective.  There are also two out-patient dispensaries operated by CHoICE at Sunderland Royal Hospital and the Eye Infirmary.

We do this through a number of teams of highly trained pharmacists, technicians, assistants and support staff who specialise in many different aspects of medicines.

Key Staff

Graeme Richardson
Chief Pharmacist

South Tyneside Based Senior Staff

Catherine Baldridge
Medicines Management Lead

Sunderland Based Senior Staff

Philippa Bell
Lead Clinical Pharmacist

Jill Davison
Lead Clinical Pharmacist (Medical)

Jill Holden
Lead Clinical Pharmacist (Surgical)

Chinny Patnaik
Lead Governance Pharmacist

Karen Shield
Production Services Pharmacist

Locations

South Tyneside
The Pharmacy department is in a standalone building on main site

Sunderland

  • Inpatient Pharmacy,  Hylton Road – next to supplies department
  • Choice Outpatient Pharmacy, Chester wing, Sunderland Royal
  • Eye Infirmary

How you can contact us

South Tyneside
Dispensary ext 2251
Pharmacy Office/Anticoagulant service enquiries ext 1058

Sunderland

  • Inpatient Pharmacy – Ext 41913
  • Choice Outpatient Pharmacy – Ext 42165
  • Choice SEI Pharmacy – Ext 46256
  • Warfarin Clinic – Ext 49168 (fax 49815)
  • Warfarin Bleep – 51660
  • Warfarin Office – Ext 42151

Useful links 

 

Medicines Information

STS Joint Formulary and Application Form

COVID-19

Anticoagulation/Warfarin

SOPs (Pharmacy Only)

Chemotherapy

Patient Information Leaflets

Pharmacy Forms

Pharmacy Clinical Information

Initiating a Non-Formulary Medicine

Managing Incidents

Medicines Finder - Pharmacy Closed

Steps for finding medicines when Pharmacy is Closed

Pharmacy Test Form

Immunoglobulin Prescribing
Since September 2020 all new immunoglobulin requests have had to be referred to the regional assessment panel. This is done by the prescribing consultant using an on-line tool linked to the national database. Details are included the Meditech initiation document.
This process must be followed even when the prescriber deems treatment to be too urgent to wait for approval.
 
Prescribers should be following the most recent version of the NHSE Commissioning Criteria Policy (link below). It describes all conditions for which Ig is commissioned and provides the detail around the role, dose and place of Ig in the treatment pathway for individual indications alongside possible alternative treatment options for use of Ig in both adults and children.

Commissioning-Criteria-Policy-for-the-use-of-Ig-Version-Finala.pdf (mdsas.com)

 
 
There is no preferred or lead brand of immunoglobulin, new patients can be started on whatever brand prescribed as long as stock is available in pharmacy.
 
Gamunex®
 
Iqymune®
 
Octagam®
 
 
 
 
Pharmacy Management of Immunoglobulin Requests – June 2022 (for pharmacy use only); see below

Pharmacy Management of Immunoglobulin Requests (June 2022)

 

Pharmacy    Policies and Protocols

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