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Sandwell pharmacy closure: 8 September

August 15, 2022

On Thursday 8 September the pharmacy department at Sandwell will be closed for the day. All medication requests and TTO’s will be processed by the dispensary at City. The temporary closure is to allow essential estates works to be completed resulting in a planned loss of power.

To aid with closure some changes to normal process and cut-off have been put in place:

Sandwell:

  • Outpatients
    • Outpatients clinics to prescribe on FP10’s unless prescribing hospital only medication
  • Inpatient prescriptions
    • Will be dispensed from City and transported back to Sandwell
    • All requests must be requested by 4pm
  • Discharges (TTO’s)
    • Will be dispensed from City and transported back to Sandwell
    • All TTO’s must be prescribed by 4pm
  • Controlled drug discharges (CD TTO’s)
    • Must be ordered by 1pm
  • Controlled drug stocks
    • Controlled Drug stock orders will be processed by the Pharmacy ward based team prior to the closure. Add link to order schedule
    • No Controlled Drug stock order will be placed on 8th September
  • Stores and distribution
    • AMU, ED & ITU top-ups will be processed as normal
    • Adhoc (Urgent) Stock requests will be processed at Sandwell
    • IV Fluids will be distributed as normal
    • Ward Top-ups will be conducted on alternative days – Affected wards will be informed

City

  • Inpatient prescriptions
    • All requests must be requested by 4pm
  • Discharges (TTO’s)
    • All TTO’s must be prescribed by 4pm
  • Stores and distribution
    • AMU, ED & ITU top-ups will be processed as normal
    • IV Fluids will be distributed as normal
    • Ward Top-ups will be conducted on alternative days – Affected wards will be informed

In order to support the closure some office-based teams will be moved into supportive roles/to alternative locations and therefore not available via normal ext. numbers. Please use email or MS Teams as preferred method of contact.

During the closure duty Dispensary numbers in use will be:

  • Sandwell: 5257
  • City: 5263

Any questions or concerns around the closure should be emailed to simon.plant@nhs.net