Sophie Blow BPharm

Sophie qualified as a pharmacist in the UK in 2008, having spent several years in the south of England she returned to her northern routes and took a post as a resident pharmacist at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals, NHS Trust. In this post Sophie worked both day and night shifts providing both in and out of hours care to all patients, old and young, and from all areas of medicine, surgery and oncology.
During these two years Sophie learnt to understand the Yorkshire accent and developed a passion for surgical pharmacy. After residency Sophie chose to specialise as a surgical pharmacist and worked as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing care to patients on one of Leeds’ seven intensive care units. During this time Sophie qualified as an Independent Pharmacist Prescriber.
Sophie’s passion for improving patient care and collaborative working were soon apparent as she was appointed the lead pharmacist for surgical pre-assessment and acute surgical admissions. In this post Sophie revolutionised team working, with pharmacists becoming a key member of the surgical team, and actively optimising pharmaceutical care for surgical patients.
In recent years Sophie has been responsible for colorectal surgery and acute surgical admissions until more recently becoming the lead for establishing a peri-operative medicines optimisation strategy and lead for the elective surgical admissions patient pathway. With such a drive to improve the pharmaceutical care for patients admitted for surgery Sophie led the development of The Handbook of Peri-Operative Medicines and is currently working towards completion of her doctoral thesis.