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Published on: 4 March 2024Tom Kerry takes you behind the scenes of the hospital pharmacist.
Listen to our latest podcast, entitled ‘Wherever there is a medicine there is a pharmacist - the role of the hospital pharmacist’.
Tom Kerry is the Lead Pharmacist for Oncology at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay. In conversation with Lymphoma Action’s Anne Hook, Tom takes you behind the scenes of the hospital pharmacist. He explains how pharmacists work with the wider clinical team, including haematologists and clinical nurse specialists.
In this podcast Tom explains how the pharmacist provides the expertise when it comes to medicines, ensuring they are used in the right setting and for the right person. He also explains how the pharmacist is key to ensuring newly approved drugs are available to prescribers and therefore to patients.