The aim of the counselling checklist is to assist healthcare professionals, working in community pharmacies, primary care and secondary care, in the essential counselling of patients on the safe and effective use of opioid patches. The inclusion of a checklist for patients/carers to refer to following counselling will also encourage the safe use of opioid patches.
| These resources have been updated to capture the MHRA drug safety updates published in September 2020: Fentanyl patches for non-cancer pain: do not use in opioid-naive patients and Opioids: risk of dependence and addiction. |
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This resource has been retired and is no longer considered an AWMSG-endorsed resource. The resource underwent an assessment for review in February 2025. At that time, members of the All Wales Prescribing Advisory Group (AWPAG) considered it appropriate to retire the resource. The content contained within the resource was considered to be out of date and other suitable alternative guidance was available (e.g. AWMSG All Wales Pharmacological Management of Pain Guidance (AWMSG) and Transdermal fentanyl patches for non-cancer pain (MHRA)), AWPAG members considered it most appropriate for the resource to be retired at this time. If you think this resource should be reconsidered for review, please get in touch with AWTTC by emailing awttc@nhs.wales.uk. |
⇩ Safeguarding Users of Opioid Patches by Standardising Patient and Caregiver Counselling 1.5MB (PDF) |
The counselling checklist and patient information (English and Welsh) are also available below as separate documents.
⇩ Opioid Patch Safety - Counselling Checklist 49KB (PDF) |
⇩ Opioid Patch Information to Keep Patients Safe 89KB (PDF) |
⇩ Gwybodaeth am Glytiau Opioid er mwyn Cadw Cleifion yn Ddiogel 127KB (PDF) |
(September 2016, Retired June 2025)