Shared care is a term that describes a process by which medications are prescribed or monitored. Medications that can or should be managed under a Shared Care agreement are defined by GMMMG.
For the purposes of Shared Care Drugs may be classified as Green/Amber/Red.
Green Drugs: are medications that sit within the scope of your GP, to initiate, increase and safely monitor within primary care.
Amber Drugs: are started by a specialist and the dose stabilised. Once the medication is on a stable dose and working well, it can be handed over, with agreement, to your GP to prescribe with support. This means that if any issues arose, such as abnormal results in the monitoring, or your condition became unstable again, we would have a quick and direct route to access reliable support.
Red Drugs: are started and continued by a specialist even when the dose is stable they continue under specialist provision.