Clinical Practice Pharmacist

Mrs Cate Dawes
BSc (Hons), MSc, PG Cert Prescribing & Therapeutics, MRPharmS
Cate's role is to support patients and the doctors with Medicines Optimisation (MO); a person-focused, holistic approach to getting the best from NHS investment in the use of medicines. We aim to help people achieve improved outcomes; this can involve guidance about how to take appropriate medicines correctly, how to avoid taking unnecessary medicines, how to reduce wastage of medicines and how to improve medicines safely.
Cate supports the running of the repeat prescription process and works collaboratively with our local pharmacies. Cate is happy to support patients and carers with medication queries.