As the lead for Patient Group Directions and legal mechanisms, Jo advises on PGDs and other medicine supply/administration mechanisms for NHS and NHS commissioned services in England. She leads on the development of national PGD, protocol and written instruction templates as part of the wider SPS Medicines Governance Do Once programme. Supported by the SPS PGD Advisory Service Reference Group, she oversees the publication of resources on PGD/legal mechanism development and use for the SPS website and wider medicines governance resources. Jo also contributes to the SPS PGD/legal mechanisms query answering service.
