17th July 2007
The hospital's pharmacy department obviously has many links with other parts of the hospital itself, but it also has connections across Gloucestershire. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians make regular visits to the smaller hospitals in the more rural parts of the county. Today I spent the day with clinical pharmacist Pip Barber on one of his twice-weekly visits to Dilke and Lydney hospitals in the Forest of Dean.

Dilke Memorial Hospital is situated in the forest just outside Cinderford and the main part of it currently has 24 sub-acute beds along with a minor injuries unit and provision for other treatments such as physiotherapy.

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