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Direct Acting Antivirals in Hepatitis C

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This information is for pharmacies and health professionals in Forth Valley. For patient information please visit NHS Forth Valley.

Pharmaceutical Care for Patients Prescribed Direct Acting Antivirals (DAAs) in Hepatitis C Treatment

Forth Valley Community Pharmacy (FV-CP) and NHS Forth Valley have an agreed  model of delivery of pharmaceutical care for patients prescribed direct acting antivirals for Hepatitis C in Forth Valley.  The model embraces a patient centred approach to treatment where the community pharmacy is reimbursed for providing a package of care (i.e. a treatment fee per patient) rather than payment per item of dispensing/supervision service. The payment is £124 per month while the patient is on DAAs.

Implementation Plan

Please refer to the resources below for the service specification and contract pertaining to DAAs in Hepatitis C.  Please consider the specification and return the signed contract to Pamela Calder, Pharmacy Contracts Officer, Primary Care Contractor Services if you are identified as a community pharmacy to take part in this service. 

As part of the contract it is expected that pharmacies will develop a care plan for each patient engaged with the service during their treatment.  A number of resources are enclosed and contact numbers for further information.  When a patient is identified for initiation on DAA therapy a member of the hepatology team will contact the patients named pharmacy and agree a time for the hepatology team to visit the pharmacy to discuss the treatment plan and provide contacts/points of referral.

Resources