Frere Hospital Pharmacy

03/09/2026

This Pharmacy Month, we celebrate pharmacists as trusted partners in safer, informed and people-centred healthcare 💊🥼

Pharmacists are more than a point of collection for medicines. Across our health system, they help prevent medicine-related harm, support treatment success and empower patients to make informed decisions about their health.

This September, start the conversation, ask the questions and involve your pharmacist in your healthcare journey.

Ask Your Pharmacist – Your Partner in Health ❤️

26/08/2026

September signals the start of Pharmacy Month and the Frere Hospital Pharmacy Team are ready to engage with you on your Healthcare needs.

📢Pharmacy Month 2026 Resources Now Available!

This September, let’s celebrate Pharmacy Month 2026 under the theme: 💬“Ask Your Pharmacist. Your Pharmacist – Your Partner in Health.”❓

The official Pharmacy Month poster and pamphlet, available in all South African official languages and two Khoi and San languages (!Xhun and Kwedam), can now be downloaded from: www.sapc.za.org/PharmacyMonth

For the first time, the Pharmacy Month message is also available in South African Sign Language (SASL), - a SASL video is available on the SAPC Pharmacy Month portal and on the SAPC YouTube channel.

Join us in promoting the vital role that pharmacists and pharmacy support personnel play in improving the health of South Africans.

Ask Your Pharmacist. Your Partner in Health. 🤝

26/08/2026

17/07/2026

It is with profound sadness that we mourn the loss of Dr Miriam Mmabatho Ndwandwe. Her passing leaves an irreparable void in our lives but her memories and love will remain with us forever. Dr Ndwandwe was a loved colleague, leader, mentor and friend who was a dedicated and compassionate healthcare professional that served with commitment and professionalism for both patients and colleagues alike. She was fiercly passionate about the pharmacy profession and made significant contributions to the field, personally by studying further and by empowering others. Dr Ndwandwe served as the Director of Pharmaceutical Services at Frere Hospital, before ascending the ranks into the role of the hospital's Acting CEO for a lengthy period and most recently moving into the Office of the Head of Department of the Eastern Cape Department of Health.

We, as Frere Hospital extend our deepest condolences to her family during this incredibly difficult time.

Frere Hospital, East London, South Africa

05/01/2025

We look forward to a prosperous and blessed 2025. Here's wishing you the same!

06/12/2024

On the 22nd of November, the Frere Hospital Pharmacy hosted its annual Pharmacist Intern Research day. A day that showcases the hard work that the interns dedicate toward their research and outreach projects during the year.
The event was attended by many important stakeholders and recommendations from these projects are vital and often implemented to improve the quality of the pharmaceutical service we provide.

Congratulations to our 8 interns on doing a stirling job.

05/12/2024

Frere Hospital, East London, South Africa Community Awareness Expo currently underway.

Venue: John Tremble Hall (within Frere Hospital Grounds)
Time: 9 to 3pm

All are welcome!!!

04/12/2024

Join the Frere Hospital, East London, South Africa team at John Tremble Hall for a community expo. The Frere Hospital Pharmacy will also be present. We invite you, the public to join us at any point between 9am and 3pm, where we will educate the community on services offered by both the hospital and pharmacy.

02/12/2024

Join the Frere Team for an open day on Thursday, 5th December. See you there.

22/11/2024

The Day has arrived...today is our Annual Frere Hospital Pharmacy Intern Research Day, where we celebrate the newest members of our profession as they come to the end of the training year. They will showcase their research and outreach projects and put on display the difference that they have made to their patient's lives or in the profession.
We wish them all the best today and are proud of their achievements thus far.