Health Building Note 14-01: Pharmacy and radiopharmacy facilities

Document first published:: 20 March 2012
Page updated:: 31 January 2024
Topic:: Estates
Publication type:: Guidance

Guidance on the design and layout of hospital pharmacy and radiopharmacy facilities in hospitals.

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Health Building Note 14-01: Pharmacy and radiopharmacy facilities

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Summary

This guidance covers facilities for:

a centralised area for the storage and distribution of medicines
medicines storage and dispensing, including automated dispensing
aseptic preparation of medicines
non-sterile small-scale preparation and assembly of medicines
office space for staff involved in purchasing medicines, managerial and administration work

For hospitals with aseptic preparation facilities, this guidance applies to those that don’t require a manufacturer’s ‘specials’ licence.

Published 20 March 2013.