In this section there are links to useful information about medication. The medical and pharmacy teams at the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are responsible for ensuring drug information is up to date and for providing information about treatments both for patients and healthcare professionals. Click on the links below for the section you want to access.

Current medication issues 

This site links to current issues of interest and recently updated medication related documents including the latest medicines bulletin and drugs and therapeutics group newsletter. It also provides information on community pharmacy opening hours for sundays and bank holidays across all areas of the Trust.

Medication related documents

This page links you to current medication related documents including the medicines code, the Trust formulary, prescribing and related guidance, medication related policies, drugs and therapeutics group agendas, minutes and newsletters, medicines bulletins, medication related information leaflets and datasheets, patient group directions (PGDs), medicines administered under protocols (MAUPs), non-medical prescribing (NMP) documents, shared care guidelines, drug safety updates, medication related error reports, medication related charts and forms, the medicines management vision and strategy and mental health pharmacy meeting minutes.

Contact the pharmacy teams

To find out more information about the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust pharmacy teams or chief pharmacists, please click on the link above. This webpage also provides contact numbers for pharmacy staff and medicine information resources. 

Information on medication for patients

In this section there are links to websites (both internal and external) with useful patient information about medication and how the various drugs work. It includes links to the UKPPG (United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group) medication information leaflets.

External websites on medication

To access the website that you want to view, click on the relevant link below:

The electronic medicines compendium, run by the pharmaceutical industry (external website)

This external website has on it the latest patient information leaflets found in medicine packs and the summaries of product characteristics produced by the pharmaceutical company.

BNF - the British National Formulary (external website)

On this website you should register as someone who is not a healthcare professional or working in the healthcare sector, and then search for the information you require.