Hospital Pharmacist
Vol 12 No 6 p198
June 2005

News summary

Nottingham pharmacy department renamed

The pharmacy department at the Queen’s Medical Centre University Hospital is to be known as “The University of Nottingham, School of Pharmacy — Department of Medicines Management and Hospital Pharmacy.” This follows on from its formal designation as a department of Nottingham University’s school of pharmacy. The hospital’s chief pharmacist and clinical director of medicines management, Malcolm Partridge, has been appointed as head of the new department.

The new arrangement allow a specialist hospital pharmacy component to be developed for fourth year university students. According to Professor Partridge, it provides undergraduates with the opportunity to put their academic learning into context and to gain a good appreciation of the risks associated with medicines use and what the public expects of pharmacists. It is also hoped that the new approach will lead to more joint research opportunities.