Common Contracts
1 similar Shared Care Agreement contracts
SHARED CARE AGREEMENT (SCA)Shared Care Agreement • July 18th, 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 the patient on treatment with drug. 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 or the BNF/BNF for Children (requires login).4. Provide appropriate written information on drug to the patient.5. 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 receiving treatment solely from the specialist if they wish.6. Send a letter to the patient’s GP to request participation in the SCA, along with the current SCA and the clinic letter (containing full details of the prescribing
