Patient Group Directions

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)

 

Last updated on 04/09/2023 by deborahmorris8