The Pharmacy is located on Level 1 in the main hospital building of the GWH. We are well signposted.
Monday-Friday: 8.45am-5.15pm Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays: 9.00am-12 noon.
We are able to dispense yellow hospital pharmacy prescriptions. Green FP10 prescriptions should be taken to your local community pharmacy (chemist).
We accept cash, cheque and credit/debit cards (for transactions over £5)
We also sell a selection of over the counter medicines including:
Please note that we cannot sell over the counter medicines to inpatients or to relatives buying them for inpatients.
Patient general enquiries - Tel: 01793 60 5024
Medicines Helpline for information on medicines supplied from the hospital - Tel: 01793 60 5369 (Monday - Friday, 2pm-4pm)
Other medicines information enquiries - Tel: 01793 60 5029
See Your medicines for more information.
3Ts Drugs Formulary
The 3Ts Drug Formulary is used across the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Swindon and North Wiltshire. The formulary provides information on the medicines available in these areas and guidance on how they can be most appropriately used.
NICE medicines
In this section you will find information about drugs that have received a technical appraisal, or recommendation, from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
The Dispensary provides the medication required for all of the hospital's patients when they are inpatients on the ward and at discharge when they are ready to go home. We also provide medication for outpatients after attending their appointments in specific specialist clinics.
Our manufacturing unit prepare a variety of items in a controlled, sterile environment, including chemotherapy, intravenous nutrition and certain specialist creams/ointments/liquid formulations.
We work together to ensure that medicines are used safely and effectively to improve the medical care and quality of life of patients. We liaise with medical and nursing colleagues to ensure that the right medicine in the appropriate presentation is given to the right patient at the right time.
The Pharmacy has around 70 members of staff including:
Every month we issue: