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Need to Cancel / Change an Appointment visit: Cancel or change your appointment? :: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (dgt.nhs.uk)

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Pharmacy

Prescription Charges

Unless you are exempt from paying for prescriptions, prescription charges are payable for all outpatient prescription supplies, including prescriptions from the Emergency Department. 

Hospital Formulary

You can view the hospital medicines formulary at http://www.dgsdvhformulary.nhs.uk/

Clinical pharmacy services for hospital inpatients are provided by the hospital pharmacy departments at Darent Valley Hospital and at Queen Mary's Hospital - the pharmacy service at Queen Mary's is provided for us by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. This includes making sure we have an accurate list of all your usual medicines, checking that any new medicines prescribed are suitable for you, providing advice for doctors and nurses on safe prescribing and use of medicines, and making sure you have all the information you need about your medicines. 

If you know you are coming in to hospital, please bring with you a list of all the regular medicines you take, as well as the medicines themselves if possible. This will include medicines prescribed for you by your GP, by other hospitals, and medicines you buy over-the-counter. When you leave the hospital, we will make sure that you have at least 7 days' supply of all of your regular medicines, including any new medicines started during your stay.

Green out-patient prescriptions (FP10s), given to you by the hospital or by your GP, may be dispensed at any community pharmacy (chemist).

At Darent Valley Hospital, white out-patient prescription forms are dispensed for you either by Chopra's Pharmacy in the main hospital foyer, or by the hospital Pharmacy Department (Level 2, Junction 3). Check with the team at your clinic reception if you are not sure. These white prescriptions cannot be dispensed for you at any other pharmacy. The Darent Valley hospital pharmacy cannot dispense green prescription forms or private prescriptions. 

At Queen Mary's Hospital, white out-patient prescriptions are dispensed by the hospital Pharmacy Department (A Block Junction 7).

If the doctor decides that new medication is required or changes your medication, and it is necessary to start immediately, you will be given a prescription for an adequate supply from the hospital. After this time you will need to get a further supply from your GP.

If you have had medicines supplied from Darent Valley, either as an inpatient or an outpatient, you can call our Medicines Information Patient Helpline if you have any questions or queries about those medicines. 

Please leave your name and a contact telephone number on the answerphone, and someone will return your call as soon as possible.

Darent Valley Hospital Pharmacy

  • Location: Level 2 Corridor Junction 3
  • Enquiries: 01322 428523
  • Opening times:
    • Weekdays: 10:00am to 13:00pm, 14:00pm to 16:30pm
    • Saturday: 11:00am to 13:00pm
    • Sunday: CLOSED
    • Bank Holidays: 11:00am to 13:00pm

Chopra's Pharmacy

  • Location: Darent Valley Foyer, next to Marks & Spencer's
  • Enquiries: 01322 227240
  • Opening times:
    • Weekdays: 9:00am to 5:30pm 
    • Saturday: 10:00am to 3:00pm
    • Sunday: Closed
    • Bank Holidays: Closed

Queen Mary's Hospital Pharmacy

  • Location: A-Block Junction 7
  • Enquiries: 020 8302 2678
  • Opening times:
    • Weekdays: 9:30am to 3:15pm    
    • Weekends: Closed
    • Bank Holidays: Closed
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Page last edited: 14 April 2025