Substance Misuse Management in General Practice
Resource Library
Other Resources
The following items are arranged in chronological order, with the most recent at the top.
| Good Practice Checklist for Prescribers - Methadone & Buprenorphine Prescriptions - Sarah McIntyre, Brent PCT (Jul 2007) This is a controlled drugs prescribing table, which has been developed and sent out to all GPs in Brent and Harrow. We thought it was a useful resource and the Shared Care Scheme are happy to share it with us all. If you have any suggestions/updates or comments please contact Sarah.McIntyre@brentpct.nhs.uk. |
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| Modern Maintenance Therapy: Prescriber Imperative or Patient Choice? Report of a Socratic Dialogue - Dr Michael Farrell, Sue andcroft, Dr Chris Ford, Dr Clare Gerada, John Howard, Dr Fergus Law (Dec 2006) Healthcare professionals with expertise in treating substance misuse met recently in London to debate current issues surrounding the future of maintenance therapy. The focus of the discussion was on the relationship between patient and prescriber and how to achieve best practice in this most complex and sensitive area. The contingent issues of supervision, diversion and practical treatment options were also examined in detail by the panel. The meeting took the form of a Socratic Dialogue and was moderated by Dr Michael Farrell. |
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| Attracting the Opposite sex? A More Psychological Approach in Primary Care? - Jeff Fernandez, Islington PCT (Mar 2006) This paper shows that for a service in primary care delivered by a specialist nurse, more emphasis on a psychological approach than medical can lead to a better male:female ratio than the constant 3:1 in the field of problematic alcohol drinking. This is shown by the description of an in-depth case study from a review conducted in a general practice in Islington. |
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| Practice Based Commissioning (PbC) - An Overview Opportunities for Substance Misuse Services in Primary Care - Dr Linda Harris, Acting Director RCGP Substance Misuse Unit (Mar 2006) A quick summary guide to PbC detailing policy context, emerging governance arrangements and how to make the most of partnerships with local PCTs and take Pbc forward in your local area. |
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| Crushing Buprenorphine - Susi Harris (Feb 2006) This item describes (with the aid of photographs) the procedure for crushing and administering supervised buprenorphine doses, as well as briefly discussing the pros, cons and legalities of doing so. |
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| Safer Management of Controlled Drugs - Early Action - Department of Health (Nov 2005) This document describes the action taken so far based on the government's December 2004 response to the Shipman Inquiry, as well as describing future steps. It also summarises the current Health Bill's clauses intended to strengthen the monitoring and inspection of controlled drugs in health and social care settings. |
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| PANN - The Pan London Primary Care Network for Substance Misuse - Dr Chris Ford (Mar 2005) This document provides an overview of PANN, summaries of its previous meetings (April 2003 to March 2005), development plans and contact information. |
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| CJIP - The Criminal Justice Intervention Programme & Primary Care - Edward Ward (Jun 2004) This document discusses the CJIP and what it does. It also discusses the benefits associated with the programme and how it will affect Primary Care. The document also details the progress of the CJIP to date. |
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| CJIP - An Overview & an Example of Local Delivery - Geoff Boyd (Jun 2004) This document provides an overview of the Criminal Justice Intervention Programme, which is an initiative that aims to reduce drug related offending by developing and providing integrated care pathways into and throughout treatment. This document also provides a detailed example of a local delivery of this type of intervention. |
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| CJIP Factsheet - Breaking the Link Between Drugs & Crime - Criminal Justice Intervention Programme (Jun 2004) This fact sheet reviews the Home Secretary's plan (2002) to break the link between drugs and crime by targeting drug using offenders at all stages in the CJS and getting them into treatment. This document goes on to discuss some of the key elements of the package, such as drug testing, the aftercare system and throughcare. |
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| Buprenorphine in Community Pharmacy: The Australian Experience - Peter Muhleisen, Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre Inc, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (Jun 2004) |
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| Framework for a New Community Pharmacy Contract (PhS) - Amit Shah, Community Pharmacy Development Pharmacist, Brent Teaching PCT (Jun 2004) |
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| The Black Market in Methadone - Some Reflections - Matthew Johnson, Fitzrovia Medical Centre (Jun 2004) Here, Matthew Johnson (an experienced GP) writes about both the current and past situations regarding methadone - prescribing and the black market. He discussed the effects of the black market in methadone, revealing that perhaps one hundred deaths per year can be at least partially attributed to the black market in methadone. |
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| nGMS: Oldham's Response to the New GMS Contracts - Oldham Substance Misuse Service (S.M.S.) (Jun 2004) This short document outlines the current status (June 2004) of the Oldham Substance Misuse Service (SMS) in terms of shared care. It also outlines the shared care prescribing for drug users proposal for national and local enhanced services. |
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| The Development of New Benzodiazepine (BDZ) & Other Sedative-Anxiolytic-Hypnotic (SAH) Guidelines Suitable for Use by General Adult Psychiatrists - Fergus Law, Sue Wilson, Judy Myles and David Nutt (May 2004) |
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| Community Detox: Options & Risks - Dr Kostas Agath (Mar 2004) |
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| Health and the Criminal Justice Agenda - A Delicate Balancing Act - Dr Linda Harris (Mar 2004) |
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| Service User Involvement - Why Doesn't it Work? - Jaye Foster, Manager Healthy Options Team (HOT) East London (Feb 2004) |
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| nGMS: National Enhanced Services Drug Misuse Services - Reading PCT (Jan 2004) |
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| nGMS: GP nGMS Contract & Drugs - Dr Chris Ford (Jan 2004) |
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| nGMS: New General Medical Services Contract (nGMS) & Commissioning Primary Care Services Consensus statement from the General Practitioner Summit - National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (Jan 2004) |
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| Tetanus: Information for Health Professionals (Full Document) - Susan Hahné, Natasha Crowcroft, Joanne White, Vivien Hope & Leah De Souza Health Protection Agency Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London (Dec 2003) |
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| Tetanus: Information for Health Professionals (Summary) - Susan Hahné, Natasha Crowcroft, Joanne White, Vivien Hope & Leah De Souza Health Protection Agency Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London (Dec 2003) |
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| The Warsaw Declaration: A Framework for Effective Action on HIV/AIDS & Injecting Drug Use - 2nd International Policy Dialogue on HIV/AIDS Held in Warsaw, Poland (Nov 12-14, 2003) |
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| Prescribing Benzodiazepines in Addiction: To Boldly Go... - Fergus Law (Nov 2003) This challenginging presentation concerns the use of benzodiazepines generally and in addictive medicine in particular. Whilst the SMMGP does not necessarily endorse it or recommend it should be taken as guidance we feel it is a very useful addition to the benzodiazepine debate. |
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| GP Business: Drug Misuse Management Article from GP Magazine - Lucie Benson (20th Oct 2003) |
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| Treatment of Chronic HCV - Great Leaps Forward RCGP Special Interest Masterclass Presentation - Graham Foster (Aug 2003) |
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| Overview of HCV RCGP Special Interest Masterclass Presentation - Graham Foster (Aug 2003) |
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| National Hepatitis C Resource Centre RCGP Special Interest Masterclass Presentation - Tania Machell (Aug 2003) |
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| Treatment Data - RDMD & NDTMS Pooled Experience Day - Crack Cocaine - RCGP (Jul 2003) |
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| Managing Crack Users in Primary Care - A Personal Learning Experience Pooled Experience Day - Crack Cocaine - Dr William Ford-Young (Jul 2003) |
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| Shared Care Protocols Pooled Experience Day - Crack Cocaine - Fran Davies (Jul 2003) |
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| Common Presenting Symptoms: Recognising Crack Use? Pooled Experience Day - Crack Cocaine - Aidan Gray (Jul 2003) |
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| Assess The Problem in Primary Care & Developing Simple Tools Pooled Experience Day - Crack Cocaine - Matthew Southwell (Jul 2003) |
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| Pooled Experience Day to Develop Guidance for Primary Care to Work with People Who Use Crack Cocaine Pooled Experience Day - Crack Cocaine - Dr Chris Ford (Jul 2003) |
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| Screening and Management of Hepatitis C in Primary Care RCGP Special Interest Masterclass Presentation - Dr Chris Ford (Jul 2003) |
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| "Don't Give Them What They Want!" RCGP Special Interest Masterclass Presentation - Erin O'Mara (Jul 2003) |
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| Prescribing for Drug Users in Primary Care - Looking at the Options RCGP Special Interest Masterclass Presentation - Dr Chris Ford (Jul 2003) |
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| Pharmacy Aspects of Substitute Prescribing RCGP Special Interest Masterclass Presentation - Anshu Hinton (Jul 2003) |
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| Evidence for Methadone RCGP Special Interest Masterclass Presentation - Tom Carnwath (Jul 2003) |
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| Buprenorphine: What is it & Why Use it? - Dr Nicholas Lintzeris (Jul 2003) |
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| Pharmacy Aspects of Buprenorphine/Subutex Treatment - Anshu Hinton (Jul 2003) |
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| Drug Related Deaths: Can Clinical Governance in Primary Care Help to Reduce Them? - Dr Jenny Keen, Phillip Oliver (2003) |
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| Workshop for Prescribers: Assessment, Prescribing & Dispensing - Dr Jenny Keen (2003) |
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| The Evidence for Methadone Maintenance Treatment, Legal Issues & Ethics - Dr Jenny Keen (2003) |
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| Possible Initiatives for Avoiding Drug-Related Deaths - Best et al., Preston et al. (2001) |
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| Use of Buprenorphine in Primary Care - Dr Chris Ford (Apr 2003) |
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| Pharmacy Aspects of Buprenorphine (Subutex) Treatment - Anshu Hinton (Apr 2003) |
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| The Pharmacist: A Vital Partner in the Care of Drug Users - Janie Sheridan, Suzanne Byrne (Feb 2003) |
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| General Practitioners with Special Clinical Interest (GPSIs) - Drug & Alcohol Misuse - Dr Clare Gerada, Draft Document (Nov 2002) |
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| Chronic Viral Hepatitis - Graham Foster (May 2002) |
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| New GP Contract & Drug Misuse - Dr Clare Gerada (May 2002) |
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| Treatments for Opiate Users in a Primary Care Setting - Dr Mark B Gabbay, V Jeffrey, T Carnwath (Jan 2000) The report is in two parts, a review of the evidence concerning a wide variety of available treatments for opiate users in a community setting, plus an extensive bibliography. The work is based on a systematic literature review. The bibliography refers to over 300 references, many of which are summarised. The work provides a comprehensive literature survey and provides information to enhance decisions on service commissioning and provision. |
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