SPS and the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)/British Association of HIV (BHIVA), with the support of specialist stakeholders working within clinical practice, have produced PGD templates for medicines commonly used within sexual health services.
The aim of these templates is to produce a consistent presentation which has been reviewed by specialists within sexual health. They have ensured that the legislative and clinical parameters have been fully considered.
The PGD templates may require local adaptation to reflect local policies, commissioning arrangements etc – the areas of each PGD template requiring local adaptation are highlighted in blue throughout each PGD template.
The PGD templates contain advisory text (highlighted in yellow) intended to support the adoption of the PGD – all text in yellow highlight should be removed from final versions of the PGDs.
Each organisation using these PGD templates must ensure that it is clinically signed by a senior pharmacist, a senior doctor and any other professional group representatives involved in its use and that it is reviewed in line with the organisation’s PGD governance system. The organisation’s governance lead (or nominated deputy) must sign to authorise the PGD on behalf of the authorising organisation to ensure that this document meets legal requirements for a PGD. See SPS website or NICE guidance for further guidance on signatories.
It is intended that these templates will be reviewed and re-released prior to reaching their expiry date. If any relevant changes occur to the product SPC or other guidance then an earlier review will be undertaken. Any decision to locally extend a stated expiry date needs to be locally assessed and agreed as per the organisation’s local policy
The following PGD templates are available:
- Supply of emtricitabine 200mg/tenofovir disoproxil 245mg as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV infection
- Azithromycin for the treatment of uncomplicated genital Chlamydia trachomatis and non-gonococcal/non-specific urethritis/Mycoplasma genitalium
- Doxycycline for the treatment of uncomplicated genital chlamydia trachomatis and non-gonococcal/non-specific urethritis
- Metronidazole for treatment of Bacterial vaginosis and trichomonas vaginalis
- Administration of ceftriaxone injection (reconstituted with lidocaine 1% w/v injection) by intramuscular (IM) injection for the treatment of uncomplicated Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection
- Clotrimazole cream for symptomatic treatment of vulvo-vaginal candidiasis
- Clotrimazole pessaries for treatment of vulvo-vaginal candidiasis
- Fluconazole for treatment of vulvo-vaginal candidiasis
Further template PGDs are in development and will be released on this page when available. The work plan can be found on the Medicines Do Once Programme page which can be found here.
SPS have also developed PGD templates for use in reproductive health services which can be found at the link below.
Links
Attachments
- Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) National PGD template V1.0 June 2020 · Word · 262 KB
- Azithromycin chlamydia National PGD template FINAL V1.2 October 20 · Word · 177 KB
- Doxycycline-chlamydia-National-PGD-template-FINAL V1.2 October 2020 · Word · 176 KB
- Metronidazole (BV+TV) National PGD template V1.1 October 2020 · Word · 173 KB
- Ceftriaxone and lidocaine National PGD template V1.1 October 2020 · Word · 177 KB
- Fluconazole 150mg single dose National PGD template final Oct 20 · Word · 174 KB
- Clotrimazole pessary National PGD template final Oct 2020 · Word · 172 KB
- Clotrimazole 1% topical National PGD template final October 2020 · Word · 174 KB