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Information about medication

The Pharmacy’s role is to support the safe and effective use of all medicines for all our patients. This includes inpatients, on discharge and at outpatient clinics. Medicines are prepared and labelled by pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants and checked by a pharmacist or pharmacy technician. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians work across our Trust in a range of services to support patients and staff with the safe use of medicines.

All medicines for use within BDCFT are prepared at Lynfield Mount Hospital Pharmacy and transported across the Trust to where they are needed. Within outpatient clinics, prescribers provide prescriptions for patients to be dispensed at any community pharmacy.

As well as running a dispensary the Pharmacy department provides the following services –
• Ward based Clinical Pharmacy services
• Medicines Information Service
• Medicines Safety – learning from incidents, complaints and concerns
• Purchasing and distribution of medicines for wards and departments
• Education of nursing and medical staff about medicines
• Supply of medicines under clinical trial

Find useful information about medicines and how various medications work, including any known possible side effects, and where to go for further information.

The following organisations’ websites provide useful information:

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to commissioners of health services and healthcare professionals, to improve health and social care. See the NICE website.

Choice and medication

This website offers people information about medications used within mental health settings, to help people make informed decisions about medication. It also has information on medication groups, advice on many mental health conditions, tables comparing the main treatments used, and user-friendly guidance on how the medications are thought to work and on their common side-effects.

The electronic medicines compendium

Run by the pharmaceutical industry, the electronic medicines compendium website has information leaflets that are found in medication packs. It summarises the product and its characteristics produced by the pharmaceutical company. Our pharmacy team, ward and community teams also have a range of printed leaflets about medicines which you can ask for.

Mind

Mind is a charitable organisation that gives advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding. They have a range of information leaflets that anyone can access.

Please note, we cannot take responsibility for information on any external website.

What to know about medicines

If you need to come in to one of our hospitals for treatment and care, it’s important you bring with you any prescribed medicines you are currently taking. This is to ensure our staff know exactly what medicines you are taking and it will also help to avoid any delays in you receiving your medicines.

If you have any questions about your medicines, it is usually best to discuss them with the pharmacist who supplied them to you. If you use any of our services, you should initially contact your key-worker/community psychiatric nurse who will be able to help and if needed will put you in touch with one of our pharmacists for further information or advice.

If you or someone you are caring for experiences a side effect to a medicine, you can report it to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) by visiting the GOV.UK website.

Medicines out of hours

If you run out of prescription medicines, you may be able to get an emergency supply without a prescription from a community pharmacist or supermarket pharmacy.

If a pharmacy can’t help, you may be able to get a prescription from a GP out-of-hours service. You can also go to an NHS walk-in centre.

If you are not certain what to do or who to contact, you can telephone the NHS on 111 who will be able to provide further advice.

Pharmacy opening times

Pharmacy department Lynfield Mount Hospital

  • Telephone: 01274 363 230
  • Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm
  • Saturday 9.30 am – 12.30 pm and closed Sunday.

Contact the pharmacy

  • Main Dispensary
  • Issues regarding discharge and outpatient medicines dispensed by Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust Pharmacy (based at Lynfield Mount Hospital)

Tel: 01274 363230

Jaspreet Sohal – Chief Pharmacist
Telephone: 01274 363177
Email: jaspreet.sohal@bdct.nhs.uk

Prabhdeep Sidhu-Deputy – Chief Pharmacist and Medicines Safety Officer
Telephone: 01274 363177
Email: Prabhdeep.sidhu@bdct.nhs.uk

Adam Hussain – Chief Pharmacy Technician
Telephone 01274 363230
Email : Adam.Hussain@bdct.nhs.uk

Psychotropic drug formulary

This drug formulary has been developed jointly between the pharmacists and doctors in the Trust, with input from Primary Care. It has been developed to promote quality, cost-effective prescribing both in the primary and secondary care sectors. The formulary will be regularly reviewed and enhanced to include links to local and national guidelines.