AimShared care agreements, commissioned by local clinical commissioning groups, are formal agreements that set out prescribing arrangements to provide a safe and cost-effective service that covers the prescribing requirements and to allow...
moreAimShared care agreements, commissioned by local clinical commissioning groups, are formal agreements that set out prescribing arrangements to provide a safe and cost-effective service that covers the prescribing requirements and to allow for the continued involvement of a hospital consultant alongside the provision of care in primary care settings.1–3 However, primary care prescribers have often expressed hesitancy to accept responsibility for prescribing in paediatrics, leaving secondary and tertiary care providers to prescribe these medications instead,1 resulting in inappropriate pressures on hospital pharmacies and often leaves families with difficulties in securing ongoing supply. This study aimed to investigate the volume, cost and type of hospital outpatient paediatric prescribing associated with items for which prescribing responsibility could be transferred to primary care. As well as to identify whether the current shared care agreements; traffic light rating (TLR) system...
