Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics is the medical specialty focused on ensuring patients receive the safest, most effective and most appropriate medicines for their individual needs.

Clinical pharmacologists are medically qualified doctors who specialise in medicines and prescribing. In addition to caring for patients directly, they work with other healthcare professionals to improve medicines safety, optimise treatment and support the development of new therapies.

At St George’s, we are one of the UK’s largest Clinical Pharmacology teams. We work with inpatients and outpatients in the hospital to improve the way medicines are prescribed, monitored and used. Our team provides specialist advice on complex medication problems, supports medicines safety and governance, develops prescribing policies, and leads research and education in medicines and prescribing.

We work closely with patients, GPs, pharmacists and hospital specialists to help ensure patients receive the right medicine, at the right dose, at the right time.

What do we do?

Our main role is to treat patients by ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines, taking into account their medical conditions, symptoms, priorities and lifestyle.

We work with all specialties within the Trust as well as pharmacists and GPs across South West London to provide safer and better medicines for our patients.

We have varied roles in healthcare and academia. Click here to find out more about our work.

Polypharmacy service – we run a service to support the care of people who take multiple long-term medicines (also known as polypharmacy).  We run a weekly outpatient  clinic, provide advice to other healthcare professionals and run a Skills Development Network to share expertise.  Click here for more information and here for instructions on how to refer.

Contact Details

Hospital Switchboard: 020 8672 1255

Polypharmacy Service secretaries: 0208 725 3502 or 3503