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Updated 8.11
Chief Pharmacist: Esther Johnston, 01603-421452
Deputy Director and Clinical Pharmacy Manager: John Hunter, tel: 01603-421364.
Consultant Pharmacist: Stephen Bazire 01603-421452.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has several bases in Norfolk and two in Suffolk.
Norfolk and Waveney HQ:
Main Trust switchboard at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich, tel: 01603-421421
Hellesdon Hospital pharmacy, dispensary and all enquiries, tel: 01603-421212, fax: 01603-421365
Pharmacy office tel: 01603-421319
Medicines Information tel: 01603-421212 (8.30am to 6pm)
Opening hours:
Main pharmacy open Monday to Friday: 8.30-16.30 (open at 9.15 on Wednesdays for staff meeting)
Unthank Road pharmacy tel: 01603-671917 open 9.15-12.00 Monday to Friday, also Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons for dose assessments.
Unthank Road pharmacy tel: 01603-750031 (open Monday-Friday 9.15-12noon)
Suffolk:
Ipswich: Woodlands unit 01473 891700
Main Trust switchboard in Ipswich, tel: 01473 329000 (St Clement's Hospital, due to close later in 2012)
Other enquiries, tel: 01473 329629
Medicines Information tel: Mon-Fri 01473-329141 [please leave a message and we will ring you back] or e-mail medicine.info@nsft.nhs.uk
Bury St Edmunds:
Wedgwood Unit on the West Suffolk Hospital site is 01284 719700
Service objectives:
The pharmacy service to Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has five main aims:
