{"id":105,"date":"2024-05-16T18:51:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/nhs-borders\/pharmacy-services\/hiv-treatment\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:06:46","slug":"hiv-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/pages\/pharmacy-services\/hiv-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HIV Referral Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/2280\/hiv-provision-booklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">HIV Provision Booklet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/7293\/ordering-details-for-hiv-drugs-mar-2023.docx\">Ordering Details for HIV Drugs (March&nbsp;2023)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>CPs should make every effort to secure stock to ensure continuity of supply.&nbsp; Should you experience difficulties which might disrupt a patient\u2019s treatment, contact should be made with the ARV Pharmacy Team at the Brownlee (0141-211-3383) who will be able to assist if all avenues have been exhausted.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/Alcura-Gilead-Order-Form-v.4.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alcura &#8211; Gilead Order Form<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ordering ARV Medication from Alcura&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have been made aware&nbsp;that there have been some communication problems when trying to order generic medication from the&nbsp;Alcura&nbsp;call centre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alcura have requested that we use the product brand name and not the generic name when ordering items via the call centre; as an example, we should ask for Truvada, and not the generic description that appears on the prescription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the brand name is significantly more expensive than the generic, the Pharmacy will be reimbursed when ordering the brand name product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Service Level Agreement (SLA)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/6635\/arv-module-user-guide-v2.docx\" target=\"_blank\">ARV NEO 360\u00ae&nbsp;Module User Guide v2 &#8211; November 2022<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/2286\/patient-arv-adherence-record.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Patient ARV Adherence Record<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/2284\/transfer-form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Transfer Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responsible Person: Trish Cawley<br>Last Updated:\u00a001\/04\/25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">HIV Referral Process CPs should make every effort to secure stock to ensure continuity of supply.&nbsp; Should you experience difficulties [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/2381"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}