Hospital Pharmacy

Description

Hospital Pharmacy outlines the changes in pharmacy practice within the hospital setting and discusses the vast range of services that are provided. Each chapter is devoted to an area of pharmacy practice and discusses its history, current practice and future developments.

This new edition has been completely revised and updated and includes new chapters on:

• pharmacy in the acute independent sector
• controlled drugs in hospital pharmacy
• pharmacist prescribing
• mental health
• consultant pharmacists.

This book is essential reading for pharmacy undergraduates, pre-registration graduates and newly qualified pharmacists as well as a key reference text for all hospital pharmacists departments. With its broad all-encompassing coverage it will also be of interest to other healthcare professionals.

Contents

1. Hospital Pharmacy within the NHS
2. Pharmacy in the acute independent sector
3. Purchasing medicines
4. Medicines supply and automation
5. Controlled drugs in hospital pharmacy
6. Technical services
7. Quality assurance
8. Medicines iInformation
9. Clinical pharmacy
10. Pharmacist prescribing
11. Strategic medicines management
12. Risks with medicines
13. Mental health pharmacy
14. Community health services
15. Information technology
16. Research and development
17. Workplace development
18. Consultant pharmacists
19. Managing services