A shared care agreement is a formal arrangement where responsibility for a patient’s medication is shared between a specialist consultant and a GP.
Share care agreements are used for specialist medications examples include disease modifying drugs, some hormone therapies, and ADHD medications.
Tavyside Health Centre considers all shared care requests from locally commissioned NHS providers.
Tavyside Health Centre will no longer be entering into new shared care agreements with private and independent providers.
What this means for patients:
Existing agreements: Patients currently under private shared care arrangements will continue to receive care as per their existing agreement until further notice
New requests: We will no longer accept new requests from private or independent providers for shared care agreements. Patients seeking such arrangements will need to explore alternative options and may wish to consider:
· Fully private treatment through their specialist
· Discussing NHS referral options with their GP
This decision has been made to ensure equitable access to services and to maintain high standards of prescribing safety and monitoring for our patients, it is in line with the guidance from NHS Devon and the BMA. Mixed funding (Private and NHS) Shared Care requests – One Devon