Meet the Nottingham team

The paediatric renal pharmacist provides advice and guidance on drug prescribing for children with kidney disease. 

Peter Foxon, Pharmacist

Georgie Smith, Pharmacist

Peter Foxon joined the paediatric renal team in 2014 and was joined by Georgie Smith in 2022.

They provide specialist pharmacist support as part of a combined post also supporting Nottingham PICU.  

Their role includes:

• Daily review of prescription charts for inpatients on E17  
• Review of medications for ward attenders and dialysis patients 
• Providing information on medication use in renal impairment and dialysis
• Facilitating the safe introduction of new medication
• Liaising with primary care staff and staff in local centres to ensure patients are able to access medication, particularly where an unlicensed preparation is required or a drug is being used off-label
• Contributing to the guideline development process
• Ensuring the appropriate use of High Cost Drugs, supporting the writing of Individual Funding Requests

Homecare Services are used to dispense medications for transplant recipients.  

The Specialist Pharmacist is responsible for maintaining links with Paediatric Pharmacists at local centres.  A regular news update covering new guidelines, educational opportunities and topical medicines related issues is sent out to SCC Pharmacists.  More specialist information may be found on the pharmacy pages.