Services Database Availability of Palliative Care Drugs – Just In Case (JIC) Boxes (Eastbourne, Hailsham & Seaford CCG and Hastings & Rother CCG Areas)
Service ID
36037
Description
The contractor will stock a locally agreed range of specialist medicines and pack them into a JIC container with appropriate labelling and explanatory paperwork and make it available to the patient on receipt of a completed FP10 prescription annotated ‘FOR JIC BOX’.
The contractor will provide information and advice to the user, carer and clinician.
They may also refer to specialist centres, support groups or other health and social care professionals where appropriate.
Location of service
East Sussex LPC
Commissioner
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Method of commissioning
Source of funding
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Service type
On demand availability of specialist drugs (palliative care)
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date: 01/04/2015
End date:
Status
Completed
Training
The pharmacy contractor should be able to demonstrate that pharmacists and staff involved in the provision of the service have undertaken CPD relevant to this service e.g. the CPPE training, Care of the terminally ill – communicating with patients open learning.
Comments
This service is available in the Eastbourne, Hailsham & Seaford CCG and Hastings & Rother CCG areas only.
