Patient Group Directions NHS England Yorkshire and the Humber to support the NHS immunisation programmes
Patient Group Directions authorised by Sheffield CCG for Practice Nurses and the Walk in Centre
Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) injection:
Intramuscular DMPA injection (e.g. Depo-Provera®) - expiry July 2026
Subcutaneous DMPA injection (e.g. Sayana Press®)- expiry April 2026
Lidocaine 1% (for insertion/removal of subdermal etonogestrel – expiry August 2026
External Links to PGD guidance
For links to PGDs to support the COVID-19 vaccination programme see: NHS England and NHS Improvement COVID-19 Vaccination Programme - Legal Mechanisms
NICE guideline Patient Group Directions MPG2 (August 2013 Last updated: March 2017)
NICE Patient group directions: competency framework for health professionals using patient group directions (January 2014)
Specialist Pharmacy Services Retaining PGD documentation (August 2018)