Pharmacy
Our clinical pharmacy training programme has a national reputation for excellence. We lead trusts nationally, for having made medicines management a compulsory part of training for all doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals. We also have strong links with industry.
Our two-year clinical pharmacy programme for undergraduates provides 120 university students in their third and fourth years with generous ward-based training and a strong emphasis on medicine management. Pre-registration training, following the Royal Pharmaceutical Society programme, is a lively and rich experience because of the size of the hospital and the range of experience available.
The Academy also provides training for pharmacy technicians and assistant technical officers, with a range of development opportunities available after they qualify. Pharmacy training is also given to medical students.
Antimicrobial usage is one of our strengths. Our director, Professor Jonathan Cooke, sits on the national group examining this area.
Key aspects:
- - Two of our six pre-registration students are funded by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, whose staff also visit the hospital to see drugs in action.
- - Our staff includes national experts including a new consultant pharmacist post created to specialise in medicine and medication safety.
- - Six of our pharmacists are independent prescribers in areas including anticoagulants and care of the elderly.
- - Good opportunities are available to take part in research.
- - Our education research with Manchester University won us a Royal Pharmaceutical Society award for innovation.
- - Undergraduate courses follow the same problem-based approach as medical training.