All hospital inpatients need medicines as part of their treatment plan - whether for acute illness, chronic disease management, symptom relief, prevention of complications, or perioperative care - meaning timely access to safe, appropriate and optimised pharmacotherapy is essential to high-quality hospital care.
The Inpatient Pharmacy Service exists to ensure safe, effective and efficient use of medicines across all inpatient settings. The service supports improved clinical outcomes, reduces medication-related harm, enhances patient experience, and enables hospital flow through accurate medicines reconciliation, evidenced-based and patient-focused clinical review and timely discharge support.
Inpatient Dispensary: Middlemore Hospital Pharmacy supplies medications to all inpatients of Middlemore Hospital and other Counties Manukau Health facilities (Manukau Health Park, Pukekohe Hospital, Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit).
Clinical Pharmacy - Clinical pharmacists provide a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient areas at Counties Manukau. They work collaboratively with patients/whaanau, doctors, nurses and other health professionals to ensure safe and quality use of medicines. Clinical pharmacists establish medication histories, review medication charts, optimise and monitor drug therapy, provide patient/whaanau medication counselling, as well as facilitate supply and access to medicines.
Medicines Information Service - The Medicines Information Service consists of a team of experienced pharmacists who are available to answer medication-related enquiries for health professionals in the Counties Manukau district. The team are available on Monday to Friday from 8am - 4:30pm.
Community/Outpatient Pharmacy: Haumanu Pharmacy is located within Middlemore Hospital in Pataka Place.