The West Suffolk Hospital operates a formulary listing those drugs available for routine use within the Trust. (Click here| to view list) The Formulary is regularly updated and monitored by the Trust's Drug and Therapeutics Committee.

The major functions of the committee are:

• To consider the use of new drugs in the Trust. Newly licensed drugs may only be prescribed following consideration by the D&T Committee. If a prescriber wishes to add a drug to the formulary then a written request must be made to the committee.
• To review and update the formulary.
• To produce relevant guidelines on drug usage within the Trust.
• To produce regular bulletins detailing formulary changes.

The contact within the pharmacy department for formulary related issues is: Mrs Judith Esterhuizen (Formulary Pharmacist) Ext. 2929