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Pharmacy Inpatient Services

Our departments provide a range of Pharmacy services to patients on the wards. We are responsible for supply of medicines, as well ensuring medicines are given safely, effectively and appropriately.

Our team of Pharmacists and Medicines Management Technicians take care of your medicines throughout the whole of your stay. At admission, your medicines and prescriptions are checked and reviewed for continued appropriateness, through to discharge, where our team ensures any changes to your prescriptions are correctly communicated with other care providers. We also provide support and counselling on the use of newly prescribed medicines and provide supplies prior to discharge.

During your inpatient stay, we will monitor and review your medications using Medicines Optimisation framework. To read more about this framework and what we do please click the link below.

Medicines Optimisation Framework

Help us to help you:

Please bring your current medications in to hospital with you.

Unexpected closure of lifts in Beeden House and reduced lift capacity in the Main Block, Bedford Hospital

Beeden House

We have had to make the difficult decision to close both lifts in Beeden House after finding an unexpected fault during routine maintenance.

This means that there will be disruption to services and appointments on the upper floors of Beeden House.

We are currently contacting patients to find the best individual solution for them, minimise disruption and ensure they continue to receive the care they need. At this point you do not need to contact us, we will contact all affected patients.

The decision to close the lifts was hard, but we felt it was the safest decision to best protect our patients and staff.

Reduced lift capacity in the Main Block

Please be aware our lifts in the Main Block currently have reduced capacity. In order to maintain lift functions and minimise traffic in the remaining lifts, we will be prioritising high priority movements.

Staff, patients and visitors can access the main block lifts if required, but may be asked to wait at main reception while other priority movements are made. A minimum of 4 people will be required before the lift departs. Security staff operating the lifts will be mindful that not all disabilities are visible and make appropriate accommodations for non-ambulant staff and visitors.

We apologise for the inconvenience the closure of lifts and reduced lift capacity will cause.

Thank you to everyone for your patience and support.