BPharm, MRPharm S, ACPP

Position

Consultant Pharmacist – Children’s Services, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Tel: +44 (0)207 188 9202

Fax: +44 (0)207 188 9155

Email:

Areas of Expertise

Paediatric Pharmacy Practice, Paediatric Drug Safety, Medicines Management, Concordance and Information Provision, Competence of the Paediatric Pharmacy Workforce.

Biography

Steve Tomlin graduated from Nottingham University in 1988 and has developed his career in several hospitals based in London. He specialised after a few years in general practice in the field of paediatrics and has continued with that specialisation ever since. He become the first paediatric pharmacist to take a position in a Strategic Health Authority accredited Consultant Pharmacist post for the Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, leading a team of dedicated paediatric pharmacists and technical staff. A significant part of his job has been to lead on the production of the Guy’s, St Thomas’, King’s and Lewisham Paediatric Formulary.

Professional Activities (summary)

• Professional Secretary of the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG).

• Chairman of the Faculty of Paediatric and Neonatal Pharmacy (College of Pharmacy Practice).

• Governor of the College of Pharmacy Practice

• Lead clinical pharmacist for the Local research Network under the Medicines for Children’s Research Network.

• Sat on Medicines Committees for the Government Documents of the National Service Frameworks FOR Children and Young People.

• Clinical Pharmacy Advisor to the Department of Health for the provision of antivirals in a flu pandemic

• Branch Speaker of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

• External Assessor for the Health Service Ombudman

• Advised the Department of Health on e-Prescribing with Connecting for Health

• Working with Skills for Health on projects affecting competence of practice with children

• Sat on the Paediatric sub group of the Advisory Board for Anti-microbial Resistance

• Paediatric Pharmacy advisor for several technology appraisals and clinical guidelines productions for the National Institute of Clinical Excellence.

Academic Activities (summary)

• At London University School of Pharmacy he has been a personal tutor to students undertaking the clinical diploma for 10 years. He has been a paediatric module leader for the past 16 years on the clinical diploma course and advanced paediatric course. I hold an.

• Lectures at Brighton University

• Lectures at King College University

• Guardian and Lead Author of the Child Health – Open Learning Programme for Pharmacists and Technicians – College of Postgraduate Pharmacy Education – University of Manchester

Selected Publications

• Walker-Smith, Murch, Tomlin S et al. A pilot study of N-acetyl glucosamine, a nutritional substrate glycosaminoglycan synthesis, in paediatric chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. Dec 2000;14(12):1567-79

• Tomlin S, Saunders et al .Pharmaceutical Care: Improving Practice For Children In Hospital. Paediatric Nursing May 2001;13:25-29.

• Tomlin S, Capra. Paediatric Pharmacology and Toxicology. Essential Revision Notes In Paediatrics for the MRCPCH. Edited by Beattie and Champion. Published by Pastest.

• Paediatric Formulary 7th Edition 2005. Guy’s, St Thomas’, Lewisham and King’s Hospitals – Edited by Tomlin S and Arenas-Lopez S.

• Tomlin S. The Role of the Pharmacist on NICU. Inspire. 2006;3(1):5-6

• Tomlin S. Is Paediatric Pharmacy a Speciality? Pharm in Prac. April 2000:77

• Tomlin S, Costello I, Keady S. A Career as Specialist Paediatric Pharmacist. Hosp Pharm. Jan 2005; 12:21-24

• Tomlin S. The NSF for Children Aims to Improve Service Delivery: Pharm In Prac. March 2006:56-59

• Tomlin S. Competent Specialists? Pharm In Prac. May 2002:136

• Arenas-Lopez S, Tibby S, Tomlin S et al. Use of Oral Clonidine for Sedation In Ventilated Paediatric Intensive Care Patients. Int.Car.Med. June 2004

• Conroy S, Nunn T, Tomlin S. Compliance or concordance in children? In Jacqz-Aigrain E, Choonara I, eds. Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology. Lausanne, New York: FontisMedia and Taylor & Francis 2006:265-273

• Tomlin S, Gringras P. Recommended Management of Sleep Problems in Childhood. Prescriber. 19 March 2007:19-30

• Tomlin S. Understanding how to select appropriate liquid medicines for children will ensure they receive the best available product for their needs. Pharm in Prac. Sept 2007:211-214

• Tomlin S. How to ensure children take their medicines as directed. Prescriber. 5 Nov 2007:53-57.

• Tomlin S. Safe use of IV medicines in children. Clinical Pharm Europe. Autumn 2007;19

• Tomlin S. Pharmacists should dispense information. Pharm J. April 2008

• Croft N, Tomlin S, Ashby D et al. Prescribing Trends of Pro-kinetics in Children in the UK 1990-2006. Poster at World Congress of Paediatric Gastroenterology 2008 (distinction)

• Tomlin S et al. Making Medicines Safer For Children- guidance for the use of unlicensed medicines in paediatric patients: Guidelines Feb 2009. Produced by Connectmedical.

• Tomlin S, Type 1 Diabetes in Childhood - Drugs in Use (4th ed), 2009 Ed Linda Dodds