Service Aims and Intended Service Outcomes. 2.1 To provide a service to treatment users and providers which will help to ensure that prescribed methadone / buphrenorphine (as Subutex®) is consumed under professional supervision when required and that appropriate information is recorded.
2.2 To ensure compliance with the agreed treatment plan by: • Dispensing in specified instalments • Ensuring each supervised dose is correctly consumed by the patient for whom it was intended.
2.3 To reduce the risk to the local communities of: • Over usage or under usage of medicines • Diversion of prescribed medicines onto the illicit drugs market • Accidental exposure to the supervised medicines.
2.4 To provide service users with regular contact with health care professionals and to help them access further advice or assistance. The service user will be referred to specialist treatment centres or other health and social care professionals where appropriate.
Service Aims and Intended Service Outcomes. To provide a service to treatment users and providers which will help to ensure that prescribed methadone / buphrenorphine (as Subutex/Suboxone ®) is consumed under professional supervision when required and that appropriate information is recorded. To ensure compliance with the agreed treatment plan by: Dispensing in specified installments Ensuring each supervised dose is correctly consumed by the patient for whom it was intended. To reduce the risk to the local communities of: Over usage or under usage of medicines Diversion of prescribed medicines onto the illicit drugs market Accidental exposure to the supervised medicines. To provide service users with regular contact with health care professionals and to help them access further advice or assistance. The service user will be referred to specialist treatment centres or other health and social care professionals where appropriate.
Service Aims and Intended Service Outcomes. 2.1 To improve access to Chlamydia Screening, informed advice and support to complement existing sexual health services and provide a ‘signposting service’ into mainstream services.
2.2 To provide opportunistic Chlamydia Screening to asymptomatic males and females aged between 16 and 24 years of age presenting in pharmacies. This is supported by the Central Chlamydia Screening office of the County Durham and Tees Valley Screening Programme, who will manage the results/treatment of any positive clients.
2.3 To contribute to the detection of early asymptomatic infection in primary care through routine testing provided through community pharmacies.
2.4 To prevent long-term, complicated infection and its sequelae in the target population.
2.5 To increase the knowledge, especially among young people of the target group, of the availability of both contraception and sexual health advice, including screening, from pharmacies.
2.6 To increase the uptake of screening amongst the target group.
2.7 To refer clients, especially those from hard to reach groups, into mainstream contraceptive services.
2.8 To increase the knowledge of risks associated with STIs.
Service Aims and Intended Service Outcomes. To improve access to Chlamydia Screening, informed advice and support to complement existing sexual health services and provide a ‘signposting service’ into mainstream services. To provide opportunistic Chlamydia screening to asymptomatic males and females presenting in pharmacies. The target age is between 15 and 24 years but clients from the age of 13 and above will be able to access the service. This is supported by the Central Chlamydia Screening Office of the County Durham and Tees Valley Screening Programme, who will manage the results/treatment of any positive clients. To contribute to the detection of early asymptomatic infection in primary care through routine testing provided through community pharmacies. To prevent long-term, complicated infection and its sequelae in the target population. To increase the knowledge, especially among young people of the target group, of the availability of both contraception and sexual health advice, including screening, from pharmacies. To increase the uptake of screening amongst the target group. To refer clients, especially those from hard to reach groups, into mainstream contraceptive services. To increase the knowledge of risks associated with STIs.
Service Aims and Intended Service Outcomes. 2.1 To enhance access to EOHC supply, informed advice and support to compliment existing sexual health services and provide a ‘signposting service’ into mainstream services.
2.2 To contribute to a reduction in the number of unwanted pregnancies and increase awareness of sexual health responsibilities and issues.
2.3 Through improved access to EOHC, reduce the rates of terminations of pregnancy with associated use of resources and emotional distress.
2.4 To utilise the clinical skills of community pharmacists in line with NHS priorities, the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework, and the PCTs’ Business Plan, Community Pharmacy Strategy and Pharmaceutical Needs Analysis.
Service Aims and Intended Service Outcomes. 2.1 To provide a service to service users and providers which will help to ensure that prescribed Methadone and Buprenorphine are consumed under professional supervision when required and that appropriate information is recorded.
2.2 To ensure compliance with the agreed treatment plan by:
2.3 To reduce the risk to the local communities of:
2.4 To provide service users with regular contact with health care professionals and to help them access further advice or assistance. The service user will be referred to specialist treatment centre’s or other health and social care professionals where appropriate. This will take place through information you receive from Pavilions health promotions team and NEO updates.
