Pharmacy and medicines management  

UCLH Pharmacy provides a trustwide comprehensive array of pharmacy services with the overall aim of ensuring safe, effective and economical use of medicines throughout the trust and supporting education, training and research. The pharmacy is closely involved in all stages of medicine use from negotiating contracts for the purchase of medicines through to assessing the outcomes of medicines in the clinical setting.
 
The Head of Pharmacy has a trust-wide responsibility for ensuring high-quality medicines management and safe and secure storage of medicines.

The Use of Medicines Committee oversees medicines management issues including the trust formulary and assessment of new drugs.  The Medication Safety Committee focuses specifically upon improving medication safety. 
 
Pharmacy services are delivered from pharmacies at each of the main clinical sites: UCH, The Heart Hospital, The National Hospital and Mortimer Market (for tropical diseases and HIV) and contact details for these are listed below.
 
UCLH pharmacy also provides medicines production and medicines procurement/distribution from MHRA licensed units (details below).
 

Patient support services

All patients have access to patient medicines helpline to assist with any medicines related enquiry, Patient medicines helpline - 020 3447 3025.
 
 Contact details for pharmacy services

UCH pharmacy
University College Hospital
Ground floor, podium
235 Euston Road
London NW1 2BU

Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm
Sat 9am-12:30pm
Sun 10:30am - 12:30pm

Telephone:
020 3447 3019

NHNN pharmacy
National Hospital for Neurology
and Neurosurgery
Ground Floor, Queen Mary Wing
London WC1N 3BG

Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm
Sat 10am-1pm

Telephone:
020 3448 3327

Heart hospital pharmacy
Heart Hospital
Ground floor
16-18 Westmoreland Street
London W1G 8PH

Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm
Sat 10am-1pm

Telephone:
020 3456 3033

Mortimer market pharmacy
Capper Street
London WC1E 6JA

Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm

Telephone:
020 3317 5255

Pharmacy production unit
4th Floor, Rosenheim Building
25 Grafton Way
London WC1E 6DB

Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm

Telephone:
020 3447 9472

Pharmacy procurement & distribution
14 Brewery Road
London N7 9NH

Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm

Telephone:
020 3447 9731

Dr Robert Urquhart Pharmacy and medicines management

 Contact details

Patient medicines helpline
020 3447 3025

General and GP enquiries line
020 3447 9181

Oncall pharmacist
0845 155 5000 (ask for on call pharmacist)

Chief pharmacist - Robert Urquhart
Email: robert.urquhart@uclh.nhs.uk