Shared Care Medications

 

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Our policy

Under what is known as a Shared Care Agreement (SCA), we may provide prescribing and monitoring for certain medication that is recommended by hospital teams or NHS affiliated companies. Each decision to enter into a SCA is taken on a case by case basis, and it is essential the recommended monitoring criteria are agreed to and met by the patient, and that the patient remains under specialist supervision. This includes medication for ADHD, as well as several rheumatological, dermatological and gastroenterological conditions.

Where monitoring is not adhered to, this can put the GP in a difficult situation, providing medication that is not being properly monitored. We therefore reserve the right to stop providing prescriptions in this situation, but would always do our best to try and liaise with the patient to ensure monitoring can continue before taking this step.

If a patient is transferred to our care from a different NHS service where a SCA is in place, we will honour this where it is safe to do so (monitoring up to date and within range), within local guidance, and we will refer the patient into the local service. If the transfer to our care is from a private provider, or from overseas, we will not enter into a SCA.