The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 275 No 7359 p104
23 July 2005

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MPs visit teaching hospital to learn about pharmacy practice

Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords visited the pharmacy department at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, on 18 July.

The All-Party Pharmacy Group, including chairman Howard Stoate, and members Kevin Barron, Baroness Cumberlege and Baroness Tonge, heard about the development of consultant pharmacist practice from David Webb, director of clinical pharmacy, London, Eastern and South East Pharmacy services.

After visiting the intensive care unit, the accident and emergency department and a medical ward to see how pharmacy services are delivered, the group heard from Jonathan Edgeworth, a consultant microbiologist, about how pharmacists contribute to the treatment of patients and control of infection.

Left to right: Duncan McRobbie, principal clinical pharmacist, and Tony West, chief pharmacist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, Howard Stoate, David Webb and Kevin Barron, chairman of the Health Select Committee