Common Contracts
1 similar Effective Shared Care Agreement (Esca) contracts
Effective Shared Care Agreement (ESCA)Effective Shared Care Agreement (Esca) • December 30th, 2019
This shared care agreement outlines suggested ways in which the responsibilities for managing the prescribing of methotrexate in active Crohn’s disease despite repeated attempts to treat with steroids, 5 ASAs and azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine can be shared between the specialist and general practitioner (GP). You are invited to participate however, if you do not feel competent to undertake this role, then you are under no obligation to do so. In such an event, the total clinical responsibility for the patient for the diagnosed condition remains with the specialist.
