RCGP Substance Misuse and Associated Health

Guidance for Substance Misuse Management

Substance Misuse and Associated Health (SMAH) has helped to produce and distribute guidance relating to key areas in substance misuse management and primary care. The following Guidance Booklets are only available in an electronic version. 

 

Guidance for Working with Cocaine and Crack Users in Primary Care
 
Guidance for prevention, testing, treatment and management of Hepatitis C in Primary Care. 
 
NEW  "Guidance for the use of substitute prescribing in the treatment of opioid dependence in primary care"
 
This guidance has combined the previous versions of "Guidance for the use of Buprenorphine for the treatment of Opoid Dependence in Primary Care" and "Guidance for the use of Methadone for the treatment of Opoid Dependence in Primary Care.  It can be obtained electronically by selecting the link below:
 
Guidance for the use of Substitute Prescribing in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence in Primary Care  
 
This guidance can now be purchased through the RCGP Bookshop at: http://www.rcgp.org.uk/bookshop/Prescribing.html
 

Clinical Management of Drug Dependence in the Adult Prison Setting

This publication is also available in electronic form at:

 

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_063064