Review of the Gluten-free Food Additional Pharmaceutical Service

A review of the Gluten-free Food Additional Pharmaceutical Service being provided on a trial basis in NHS community pharmacies.


Footnotes

1. NICE guidelines Coeliac disease: Recognition and assessment of coeliac disease[CG86] May 2009

2. Ravikumara, M.,Nootigattu, V.K.T.& Sandhu,B.K. (2007) Ninety percent of coeliac disease is being missed. J Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 45, 497-499

3. https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/Advisory-Committee-on-Borderline-Substances

4. Gluten-free foods: a revised prescribing guide Coeliac UK 2013

5. http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/pca/PCA2013(P)29.pdf

6. British Society of Gastroenterology. The Management of Adults with Coeliac Disease 2010

7. https://www.coeliac.org.uk/coeliac-disease/about-coeliac-disease-and-dermatitis-herpetiformis/

8. Am J Gastroenterol 2014; 109:757-768; doi:10.1038/ajg.2014.55; published online 25 March 2014

9. Martin U. & Mercer S.W. (2014) A comparison of general practitioners prescribing of gluten-free foods for the treatment of coeliac disease with national prescribing guidelines

10. Walker J, (2011), Coeliac Disease Improvement Project, Direct Gluten-free Food Scheme Pilot Interim Report. July 2011. (Unpublished)

11. http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/pca/PCA2014(P)30.pdf

12. https://www.coeliac.org.uk/gluten-free-diet-and-lifestyle/prescriptions/national-prescribing-guidelines/

https://www.coeliac.org.uk/document-library/378-gluten-free-foods-a-revised-prescribing-guide/?return=/gluten-free-diet-and-lifestyle/prescriptions/national-prescribing-guidelines/

13. http://www.nhsinform.co.uk/common-health-questions/a/am-i-eligible-for-the-new-scottish-nhs-gluten-free-food-service/

14. http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Prescribing-and-Medicines/Publications/

15. There were more respondents to this question than had indicated they thought ongoing training was needed from the previous question

16. For the survey, this question was asked in the negative.

Contact

Email: Elaine Muirhead

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