Services Database Supervised Consumption of Prescribed Medicines (Portsmouth City Area)
Service ID
44992
Description
The service will require the pharmacist to supervise the consumption of oral methadone, buprenorphine and other drugs that may be used in the management of drug dependency/ misuse, ensuring that the dose has been administered to the patient, where the prescriber has indicated that supervised consumption is appropriate.
Location of service
Hampshire & IOW 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
Pharmacists and all pharmacy support staff involved in any part of the provision of the service should undertake Portsmouth City Council training relevant to their role within this service.
For pharmacist and technicians this includes completion of CPPE Substance Use and Misuse module and completing any local training provided by the PCC or Substance Misuse service based within the local area.
Comments
This service is available in the Portsmouth City area only.
