Service Principles. 3.1 There is a multidisciplinary approach to prescribing (including GP prescribing)which is carried out in line with recommendations of Drug misuse and dependence guidelines on clinical management (DH 2007) and other central guidance and includes the patients pharmacist • Pharmacists providing supervised consumption services provide a user friendly service. • Pharmacists and their staff providing dispensing supervised consumption services for drug users have standard operating procedures in place for their individual premises. • Pharmacists provide service users with information about their medicines. • The pharmacist ensures that supervised consumption takes place in a private or quiet area of the pharmacy identified as safe to staff and agreeable to the patient. • Pharmacists (or suitably trained qualified or competent members of staff) are required to supervise (when prescribed or required) the consumption of the prescribed oral medicine (e.g. methadone or buprenorphine) ensuring the dose has been administered to the patient. • Pharmacists abide by local arrangements for clinical governance. • Pharmacies receive prompt payment for the services provided.
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Sources: Contract for the Provision of Community Pharmacy Public Health Services
Service Principles. 3.1 There is a multidisciplinary approach to prescribing (including GP prescribing)which is carried out in line with recommendations of Drug misuse and dependence guidelines on clinical management (DH 2007) and other central guidance and includes the patients pharmacist • Pharmacists providing supervised consumption services provide a user friendly service. • Pharmacists and their staff providing dispensing supervised consumption services for drug users have standard operating procedures in place for their individual premises. • Pharmacists provide service users with information about their medicines. • The pharmacist ensures that supervised consumption takes place in a private or quiet area of the pharmacy identified as safe to staff and agreeable to the patient. • Pharmacists (or suitably trained qualified or competent members of staff) are required to supervise (when prescribed or required) the consumption of the prescribed oral medicine (e.g. methadone or buprenorphine) ensuring the dose has been administered to the patient. • Pharmacists abide by local arrangements for clinical governance. • Pharmacies receive prompt payment for the services provided.
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Sources: Public Health Services Contract