Time Healthcare Fast Track Prescribing (FTP) Service

Time Healthcare is a leader in the field of Fast Track Prescribing (FTP) and offers dynamic and flexible prescribing services which can meet the needs of your commissioners and service users. Our experience of delivering such services has provided us with a model that is effective and clinically safe. Our team have the breath of knowledge and expertise in this specialist field which will ensure your particular service needs are met. Time Healthcare is successfully delivering rapid prescribing in partnership with a number of drugs services operating within the non-statutory sector on behalf of Drug and Alcohol Action Teams.

The recent NTA document 'changes in offending following prescribing treatment for drug misuse' (Nov08, RB35) highlights clearly how prescribing combined with social interventions impacts upon offending client behaviours. Time Healthcare delivers rapid access to prescribing in a way that complements existing drugs intervention services. Our FTP service will have positive impact on many different areas linked to Home Office and NTA ambitions, including client engagement, retention and successful outcomes.

There are numerous innovative and effective elements of Time Healthcare FTP. For example, our experienced doctors have can see, assess and begin prescribed treatment for clients within 48 hours of initial contact via Criminal Justice settings. We also offer a built in clinical governance approach which benefits commissioners and service users.

Time Healthcare has put in place clinical systems to help define standards and expectations, continuously improve, set improvement targets and involve service users. We can assure you that the service we provide will be highly professional and of a standard that will stand up to scrutiny. Importantly Time FTP has been supported strongly by service user feedback in our delivery of FTP services in partnership with the Drugs Intervention Programmes.

We offer continuity and quality in our medical staff. Service users will have a varied team of doctors to work with; our team has been purposefully made up of diverse specialists in general psychiatry, general practice and child and adolescent psychiatry. All our doctors have experience of working in the field. They can offer a wide range of services, including blood borne virus screening, pregnancy testing, dual diagnosis assessments, physical health assessments and behavioural risk management.

Our flexibility and adaptability allows our FTP service to be tailored to your needs and expectations. Our partnerships with Drug Intervention Programmes are examples of our successful service delivery and collaboration. The TIME Healthcare model of FTP has a proven track record and is the perfect link between Arrest Referral and ongoing care provided by Community Drug Teams.