Approved Shared Care Protocols

On this page you will find all shared care protocols (SCPs) that have been approved by GMMMG for use across Greater Manchester. As we move to a single GM commissioning arrangement, SCPs will be annotated to better define commissioning arrangements.

The GMMMG agreed process for transfer of prescribing responsibilities can be found here. The shared care protocol template includes a section for requesting shared care and letter templates to respond to the shared care request. Copies of these are also available at this link.

GMMMG plan to adopt SCPs produced by the Regional Medicines Optimisation Committee (RMOC), once they are published, as part of the “Shared Care for Medicines Guidance – a Standard Approach”. Until these are published and formally adopted by GMMMG the documentation on this page should continue to be used. GMMMG will continue the development of SCPs which are outside the published RMOC schedule but have been identified as being required by the GMMMG system as shared care medicines.

Any SCPs listed below which have passed their review date will remain in use until an updated GMMMG approved version is available, with only technical updates to address any emerging safety issues. The responsibility for the production and updating of SCPs lies with the originating author in collaboration with the GMMMG Clinical Reference Group (CRG).

GMMMG have created a patient information leaflet to support shared care conversations with patients and carers

Enquiries regarding the development of SCPs can be submitted to nuth.enquires.gmmmg@nhs.net.

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