Services Database Supervised Administration Programme
Service ID
28168
Description
The aim of the Service is to minimise the possible harmful effects of supply of
substances liable to misuse by both increasing adherence and reducing supplies
leaking into the illicit market.
This Service supports adherence with Drug Misuse and Dependence UK Guidelines on
Clinical Management, published by the Department of Health; and Methadone and
Buprenorphine for the Management of Opioid Dependence (TA114) published by
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
Objectives
- There should be well managed models of care pharmacy pathway with associated
counselling and care programmes for substance misusers, aimed at immediate harm
minimisation, with the ultimate goal of recovery wherever possible. - There should be greater involvement of primary care professions, such as General
Practitioners and Community Pharmacists, in the care of more stable drug misusers. - To ensure that the service user takes the correct dose of medication prescribed by
the Clinician. - To ensure that medication prescribed is not inappropriately directed onto the illegal
market.
Location of service
Lincolnshire LPC
Commissioner
Not commissioned - Funded by a charity
Method of commissioning
Source of funding
Service type
Supervised administration
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date:
End date:
Status
Ongoing
Training
Not known.
