Working with
Substitute Prescribing
Bronze:
• Referral routes for people seeking prescribing treatments
•Assessment and record of clients receiving prescribed drugs
•Staff have had basic training to understand effects/risks of main drugs
•Residents have safe storage facilities
Silver:
•As above, plus
•Awareness re use on top, and risks
•Joint working protocols with prescribers
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Gold:
•As above, plus
•In-house assessment and response for use on top
•Three-way information sharing between housing, client and prescriber
• Rapid-referral to prescribing once housed
•Transfer of prescribing and dispensing for residents after move-on
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