What Clinics Will Now Prescribe

posted: 10/12/2008

From 1 January 2009 prescribing at HIV clinics in Greater Manchester will change. The HIV clinics will then only prescribe HIV drugs and those for their side effects.

All other medication - for depression, sexual dysfunction, skin conditions, everything else - will have to be prescribed by a GP.

Here are the details sent to us by Greater Manchester Sexual Health Network.

Medicines for hospital prescriptions for HIV+ve patients
On 1 January 2009 all clinics providing HIV care for HIV+ patients will stop prescribing primary care medication. This is because it is not clinically safe to continue to do so and it is important that all patients, regardless of their diagnosis, are treated equitably and access primary care medication through a GP.
 

Drugs that will be prescribed by GU and HIV clinics include:

• All antiretrovirals
• Prophylactic antibiotics (Septrin, Dapsone, Atovoquone, Pentamidine etc) plus other drugs for opportunistic infection treatment (Valganciclovir, TB/MAI therapy etc.)
• Antifungals
• Aciclovir/Valaciclovir
• Antiemetics and antidiarrhoeals (e.g. Metoclopramide, Loperamide)
• Short term and/or urgent prescriptions (including antibiotics) on hospital outpatient scripts or FP10s if medicines are needed out of hours
• Contraception as usual 

Clinical colleagues should continue to encourage patients to register with a GP and to disclose their status to their GP. This will enable GPs and GU consultants to share information about patients care.

Primary Care Working Group of Greater Manchester Sexual Health Network                              Version 1.3 (5 December 2008) Review date: June 2009 Enquiries to: 0161 219 9468

 

Problems with prescribing?

If the new prescribing arrangements are causing you problems please contact our services team support@ght.org.uk or by phone on 0161 274 4499 

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