Middlemore Hospital Pharmacy supplies medications to all inpatients of Middlemore Hospital and other CMDHB facilities (Franklin Memorial Hospital, Pukehohe Aged Care).

Pharmacists provide a clinical pharmacy service to all inpatient wards at Middlemore Hospital.  Clinical pharmacists work closely with patients, doctors, nurses and other health professionals and advise on safe and quality use of medicines.  Pharmacists review medication charts, monitor drug therapy and facilitate supply and access to medicines.

Medicines Information are a source of information about medications.   Patients and health professionals in the CMDHB region can access Medicine Information services for medication related queries and services.

Middlemore Hospital Pharmacy does not dispense outpatient prescriptions except for a restricted range of medicines not usually available from a community pharmacy.

Clinical Pharmacists visit inpatient wards and some CMDHB outpatient clinics to provide medicines management services and advise on pharmaceutical care.  Patient services such as medication review and medication counselling are part of this process.  

Patients should bring any current medication (tablets, creams and/or inhalers) into hospital with them on admission as inpatients.  Medication lists, such as yellow cards, are also encouraged.  This ensures that the optimal information about medication being taken is available to the health team at the time of admission.  Pharmacists may call a patient's GP or regular community pharmacist to confirm or clarify differences in medication history.

Middlemore Hospital Pharmacy does not dispense outpatient prescriptions except for a restricted range of medicines that are not usually available from a community pharmacy.