Services Database Supervised Consumption Service

The pharmacy will agree to provide the service on the premises only and for the full
duration of the opening times. PharmOutcomes must be used to record all
supervised consumption transactions.
The Pharmacy will:

• Supervise the consumption of prescribed opiate substitution medicines at the
  point of dispensing for individuals aged 18 and above only, ensuring that the
  prescribed dose has been administered to the patient.
• Offer a user-friendly, non-judgmental, client-centred and confidential service,
  providing a suitable private room for consumption of opioid substitutes.
• Support in reducing the risk of leakage of medicines liable to misuse into the
  community
• Ensure the consistency and quality of care to the patient
• Provide general support and advice to the patient, including around how and
  where to obtain BBV vaccinations, referral to primary care or specialist
  treatment where appropriate.
• Ensure individual accreditations on the www.csw-jets.co.uk Dynamic
  Purchasing Scheme (DPS) are kept up to date.

Participating pharmacies must ensure that a designated pharmacist has completed
CPPE learning for Substance Use and Misuse within the past 3 years.
Current training (updated in December 2017) takes the form of a 4 module Elearning sessions with an E-assessment.
CPPE certificates for all individuals providing the service from the pharmacy
must be uploaded onto the DPS system, before the commission
commences. All certificates must be dated within the last 3 years. The
commissioner will accept e-assessment certificates based upon the previous
CPPE substance use and misuse distance learning or e-learning modules so
long as they were completed within the last 3 years.
It is the responsibility of the designated pharmacist to be assured that all staff
(including support staff and locum pharmacists) are adequately trained to meet the
requirements of the service at all times and that information on the DPS is current
and updated as staff change.
Training schedule should include:
- The role of Supervised Consumption services
- The PharmOutcomes System and pages for the service
- Aims & objectives of a Supervised Consumption provision
- The Supervised Consumption procedure
- Medications used for Supervised Consumption
- Health promotion, safer injecting, overdose, drug awareness
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