Services Database Supervised Consumption Service (Haringey Area)

 

• The service offers an observed consumption of a Methadone/Buprenorphine prescription issued by The Grove Drug Service.
• The service is offered 5-7 days per week within a pharmacy (depending on individual opening hours).
• The service issues Methadone/Buprenorphine doses to cover weekends where the pharmacy is not open.
• The service will offer harm reduction advice.
• The service will act as part of a treatment plan, feeding back to key workers/prescribers both missed medications and any concerns about the clients wellbeing.
• The pharmacist is expected to operate in accordance with the code of Ethics.

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• Pharmacists must strictly adhere to the current and most up to date Medicines Act as well as Misuse of Drugs Act.

The pharmacist has the responsibility for providing the service described in this document. It is the responsibility of the pharmacist to provide cover is the regular Pharmacist is absent.  If a locum Pharmacist is employed, the regular Pharmacist must provide induction and training in the provision of supervised consumption, and ensure that the specification is available along with relevant contact numbers at the treatment provider.

 

The Pharmacist must notify treatment service of any changes to the Pharmacist responsible for the supervised consumption scheme and/or Pharmacy Superintendent.  Contact details must be provided.

• Pharmacists participating in this scheme are expected to attend annual training/forums organised by The Grove Drug Service. This training may be provided online.  Pharmacists must also have completed the relevant CPPE (Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education) course on substances misuse. See cppe.ac.uk for Substance Misuse modules.

All new pharmacists, locums etc responsible for the dispensing of controlled drugs must be properly inducted into the Standing Operating Procedures relating to supervised consumption.  These should be available for inspection on request.