| Description | Two of the main recommendations of this paper relate to the senior pharmacy representation of Drug and Alcohol Action Teams and access to specialist pharmacist advice on all areas of substance misuse with the emphasis being on partnership working. |
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| ISBN | 0755946936 |
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| Official Print Publication Date | |
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| Website Publication Date | August 25, 2005 |
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A REPORT OF A JOINT WORKING GROUP OF THE NATIONAL
PHARMACEUTICAL FORUM / SCOTTISH MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ISBN
0 7559 4693 6
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CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Summary of Main
Recommendation
I. INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Background
Remit
Methodology
Key Aims of the Report
II. POLICY CONTEXT
Introduction
Summary of National Policy
• Drug Misuse
• Smoking
• Alcohol
Conclusion
III. PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES FOR
SUBSTANCE MISUSERS: SUMMARY OF EXISTING SERVICES
Introduction
Summary of Services Provided by Pharmacists to
Substance Misusers
• Health Promotion and Health
Education
• Prescription Monitoring
• Medication Review
• Substitute Medication and
Detoxification
• Care Management
• Drug Testing
• Needle and Syringe Exchange
Schemes
• Treatment of Overdose
• Detection/Management of Solvent
Misuse
• Misuse of Over-The-Counter (
OTC) Medicines
• Smoking Cessation Schemes (
SCS)
• Alcohol Counselling
IV. CHALLENGES TO EFFECTIVE SERVICE
PROVISION AND WAYS TO ADDRESS THEM
Introduction
Legal and Ethical Challenges
Professional Challenges
Educational Challenges
Other Challenges
V. THE WAY FORWARD
Introduction
The Concept of Integrated Care
An Integrated Pharmaceutical Care Model for
Substance Misusers
VI. CONCLUSION
Conclusion
Overview of Recommendations
References
Glossary of Acronyms and
Abbreviations
APPENDICES
Appendix I Membership of the
Group.
Appendix II List of
Contributors.
Appendix III Drug Misuse in
Scotland: Some Facts.
Appendix IV Drug Misuse in
Pregnancy.
Appendix V Drug-related Deaths in
Scotland.
Appendix VI Number of Pharmacies
Involved in the Supervised Self-Administration of Methadone
[by
NHS Board Area].
Appendix VII Prescriptions for
Methadone Mixture: 1998/99 -2002/03.
Appendix VIII Number of
Pharmacy-based Needle Exchanges [by
NHS Board Area].
Appendix IX Specialist Pharmacists
in Substance Misuse (
SPiSMs).
Appendix X Examples of Agencies
Working in Partnership.
Appendix XI Useful
Addresses.
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The Group was set up to explore ways to maximise the
contribution of pharmacists to services for substance
misusers in Scotland and to report on the findings to the
Chief Pharmaceutical Officer.
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