What is Shared Care?
Shared Care is a term used when specialists transfer part of their patient care to the GP. This usually relates to prescribing and monitoring of a specialist medication. This transfer of clinical responsibility to primary care will only be considered where the person’s clinical condition is stable or predictable. The specialist will remain responsible for arranging an annual review for all people receiving their medication and/or being monitored under a Shared Care Agreement.
Shared Care has historically been taken on by GPs on a voluntary basis and without funding to provide this service. GPs must also weigh their clinical competency and capacity to take on this type of work.
Talbot Medical Centre is currently able to offer requests for Shared Care with NHS providers only where an appropriate locally agreed Shared Care agreement and system is in place for clinical safety and capacity reasons.
Private Shared Care Arrangements
Talbot Medical Centre will NOT enter into Shared Care Agreements with private or ‘right to choose providers’ due to safety and continuity of care concerns.