FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/00801
- Request Date
- February 5, 2016
- Subject
- Gonadorelin (GnRH) Analogues
- Description
1 Within your organisation, which healthcare professional (role) clinically recommends the LHRH that is prescribed?
2 Which healthcare professional (role) within your organisation usually administers the first injection?
3 Where is the first injection usually given (hospital or primary care)?
4 Which healthcare professional (role) within your organisation usually administers subsequent injections?
5 Where are subsequent injections usually given (hospital or primary care)?
6 For subsequent injections, does the patient still remain under the care of the hospital (eg attends hospital clinics although injections are given in primary care), and if so, for how long?
7 If injections are administered in primary care, what recommendation/advice comes from the hospital?
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- Response
1 The clinician advises the GP that there is a need for a LHRH, and the choice remains with the GP
2 The community nurse / GP depending on the surgery preference.
3 Primary care
4 Community / district nurse
5 Primary care
6 The patient will generally remain under the care of the hospital to manage ongoing treatment
7 No recommendations are made with regards to type of LHRH. GP’s are advised re the outcomes of clinic appointments and any changes there may be in patient management.
8 Yes