Services Database Supervised Consumption (Bury Area)

1.1 This service will require the pharmacist to supervise the consumption of prescribed medicines at the point of dispensing in the pharmacy, ensuring that the dose has been administered to the client.*
1.2 Pharmacies will offer a friendly, non-judgmental, client-centred and confidential service.
1.3 Pharmacies will provide support and advice to the client, including referral to primary care or specialist centres/services where appropriate.
1.4 Examples of medicines which may have consumption supervised include methadone and other medicines used for the management of opiate dependence.

Any pharmacist involved in the provision of the service should have completed the ‘Substance Use and Misuse’ distance learning pack available from the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education.