Common use of Aim of Service Clause in Contracts

Aim of Service. To provide holistic pharmaceutical care to patients receiving OST and promote patient’s recovery by: • Providing close liaison with prescriber and treatment services; • Dispensing OST as prescribed according to the patient’s assessed needs; • Ensuring each supervised self administration dose is consumed in accordance with the appropriate Standard Operating Procedure (SOP); • Monitoring the patient’s response to prescribed treatment; • Providing general health advice including pharmaceutical public health services and signposting for access to further advice or assistance; • Promoting patient safety and appropriate harm minimisation strategies. To reduce the risk to individuals and local communities of: • Overuse or underuse of medicines; and • Diversion of prescribed medicines.