Services Database Supervised Consumption Scheme Provided by Community Pharmacy in Primary Care (Nottinghamshire County Area)

Service ID

44869

Description

This service will require the ‘suitably trained’ pharmacist to supervise the consumption of prescribed medicines at the point of dispensing in the pharmacy, ensuring that the service user has consumed the prescribed dose correctly.

Location of service

Nottinghamshire LPC

Commissioner

Local Authority (LA)

Method of commissioning

Local Authority contract

Source of funding

Local Authority (LA)

Service type

Supervised administration

Other organisations involved

Dates

Start date:
End date:

Status

Ongoing

Training

All pharmacists providing the service must have completed the latest version of the CPPE open learning package entitled ‘Substance Use and Misuse’.

The commissioner will provide training to support staff. This will be delivered to individual pharmacies by the Substance Misuse Manager.

Comments

This service is available in the Nottinghamshire County area only.