Services Database Supervised Self Administration of Methadone/Buprenorphine (Islington area)
Service ID
646527
Description
2.1 The specialist service is to ensure that the service user consumes the medication
safely as directed, to promote compliance with their treatment and mitigate against risk of diversion, in new patients or otherwise identified patients by:
• Dispensing in specified instalments (usually daily. Where agreed with the prescriber doses may be dispensed for the service user to take away to cover days when the pharmacy is closed)
• Ensuring each supervised dose is correctly consumed on site by the service user for whom it was intended.
Location of service
Camden & Islington LPC
Commissioner
Local Authority (LA)
Method of commissioning
Source of funding
Service type
Supervised administration
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date:
End date:
Status
Ongoing
