In Focus: Stoma Care Additional Products

Stoma Care Additional Products Formulary Introduction  Stoma products should be issued on a Stoma care additional products are prescribed for separate FP10 prescription to the patient’s individual patients to help prevent sore skin and other regular medication. problems developing with the stoma.  Stoma FP10 prescriptions should be sent to The Specialist Stoma Nurses across Dorset have the Patients’ nominated dispensing agreed a Stoma Care Additional Product Preferred organisation for stoma products (this may Formulary; the most cost effective products have be different from the patients regular been selected on the advice and experience of the dispensing organisation). local stoma nurses. Non-Formulary choice products The approved stoma care additional products If a GP has a patient receiving non-formulary formulary is available on the Dorset Formulary here stoma items and / or large quantities and has New patients should be started on these formulary not had a recent review, the patient should be choices, existing patients will be reviewed when seen referred to their local stoma clinic. The practice in the clinic or during domiciliary visits to ensure can suggest a formulary choice alternative or formulary choice products are prescribed (if clinically continue with the prescription request until a appropriate). review takes place. Appropriate quantities  Patients seen by the stoma clinic will be issued should be issued to the patient (see Stoma Care with 14 days’ supply. Additional Preferred Product List within the  The Stoma clinic will inform the GP of the patient’s guidance pages 3-7 here). stoma repeat products. This information must Guidance on changing to a formulary choice specify quantities required for a 28 day period. Stoma Additional Product can be found here. If  The patient should also be issued with a list of in doubt, contact the patient’s local Stoma products prescribed for them, along with the Nurse. recommended quantities for a month’s supply or Dorset stoma clinic contact details

frequency to order if required less often. Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:

Prescriptions Vikki Andrews - Lead Nurse - Stoma Care Team Stoma clinics and GP practices must not provide Telephone: 01305 255152 retrospective prescriptions when requested by Ext: 5152 appliance contractors, dispensing practices or Email: [email protected] community pharmacies. All prescriptions with the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals: appropriate quantities must be ordered by the patient Jane Wijeyekoon – Stoma Nurse Specialist or stoma clinic at least 14 days before they are Telephone: 01202 704813 needed. Email: [email protected]

GP practices should have a process for checking the Poole Hospital NHS foundation Trust: quantities and frequency of repeats and contact the Tracy Lees - Stoma Nurse Specialist patient if there is a query. If the GP practice feel the Telephone: 01202 448199 patient is regularly over-ordering the stoma nurse Email: [email protected] should be contacted to follow this up. References Contact us Dorset CCG Stoma Additional Products Guidance April 2017 Medicines Management Team [email protected]

April 2018