Medical: Hospital Pharmacy
Hospital Pharmacy
Hospital Pharmacy
SECOND EDITION
Edited by Martin Stephens
Southampton, UK
BPharm, MSc, MRPharmS, MCPP Associate Medical Director, Clinical Effectiveness and Medicines Management Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Published by Pharmaceutical Press 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, UK 1559 St. Paul Avenue, Gurnee, IL 60031, USA Ó Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 2011 is a trade mark of Pharmaceutical Press Pharmaceutical Press is the publishing division of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society First edition published 2003 Second edition 2011 Typeset by Thomson Digital, Noida, India Printed in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall ISBN 978 0 85369 900 2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. The right of Martin Stephens to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Dedication
Marjorie, thank you for your patient support.
Contents
Preface About the editor Contributors Abbreviations Introduction 1 Hospital pharmacy within the National Health Service Martin Stephens History Payment by results The Next Stage Review The NHS from 2010 Hospital pharmacy within the NHS The future References Further reading 2 Pharmacy in the acute independent sector Karen Harrowing Introduction Independent sector and the NHS – from concordat to free choice Plurality of provision and patient choice References Further reading 3 Purchasing medicines Howard Stokoe
Hospital Pharmacy
SECOND EDITION
Edited by Martin Stephens
Southampton, UK
BPharm, MSc, MRPharmS, MCPP Associate Medical Director, Clinical Effectiveness and Medicines Management Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Published by Pharmaceutical Press 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, UK 1559 St. Paul Avenue, Gurnee, IL 60031, USA Ó Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 2011 is a trade mark of Pharmaceutical Press Pharmaceutical Press is the publishing division of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society First edition published 2003 Second edition 2011 Typeset by Thomson Digital, Noida, India Printed in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall ISBN 978 0 85369 900 2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. The right of Martin Stephens to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Dedication
Marjorie, thank you for your patient support.
Contents
Preface About the editor Contributors Abbreviations Introduction 1 Hospital pharmacy within the National Health Service Martin Stephens History Payment by results The Next Stage Review The NHS from 2010 Hospital pharmacy within the NHS The future References Further reading 2 Pharmacy in the acute independent sector Karen Harrowing Introduction Independent sector and the NHS – from concordat to free choice Plurality of provision and patient choice References Further reading 3 Purchasing medicines Howard Stokoe