Common Contracts
1 similar Shared Care Agreement contracts
SHARED CARE AGREEMENT (SCA)Shared Care Agreement • April 11th, 2017
SPECIALIST RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Assess patient, confirm diagnosis, and discuss benefits and risks of treatment with the patient.2. Perform pre-treatment assessments and on-going monitoring as detailed on page 2.3. Initiate, titrate and stabilise patient on treatment with drug.4. To work within the current NICE technical appraisal guidance – ‘Human growth hormone (somatropin) in adults with growth hormone deficiency’.5. Prescribers should familiarise themselves with the drug indication, dose, administration, contra-indications, cautions, side- effects, interactions, and preparation, by referring to the current version of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) or the BNF (requires login).6. Provide appropriate written information on the drug to the patient. Ensure appropriate injection techniques are taught to patient/parents as appropriate.7. Discuss proposed SCA with the patient and explain that their GP may or may not wish to participate. The patient has the choice to continue re
