Claire Westerman

I am a Clinical Pharmacy Technician working within the Newcastle Outer West PCN. I started my Pharmacy career in community pharmacy; then worked between two of the secure prison setting sites in Durham. Following this I moved to Primary Care before moving to NuTH in November 2024.

My role is to support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed; support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies. I also visit housebound patients in their own homes supporting them to ensure effective medicine administration. For example, checking inhaler technique)