April 2015 – Major Panic Time
Agghh!!! After some difficulties I’ve finally heard back from the Lead Pharmacist at the hospital. He wants me to organise the hospital wards inventory in order to come up with the exact list of medicines that a ward can keep. They are just in the process of setting up the provision of clinical pharmacy services. They had only just invented Ward Pharmacists when I last worked in hospital! I thought I would simply be dispensing, a skill I also haven’t used since 2002 but trust that like riding a bike, haven’t forgotten. I’m beginning to worry that I’ve bitten off more than I can chew. My current role is advising GPs about elderly frail patients and conducting medication reviews in care homes. Rather the opposite end of the spectrum to paediatrics. Not only am I going to have to remind myself about paediatric