The North West School of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation have supported a range of projects related to medicines use in adult social care. These include:
Training checklists, available on this website: Medicines management resources
- Checklist for medicines management training in adult social care settings
- Quality assurance checklists for medicines training process in adult social care settings
- A contributory factors framework for medicine errors in adult social care
Free e-learning
- Handling medicines safely for social care staff: Safe Management of Medicines for Social Care Staff
- Assessing medicines support needs in adult social care: Assessing Medicines Support Needs in Adult Social Care
- Dysphasgia guide e-learning resource: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/dysphagiaguide/
Medicines competency assessment resources: Medicines management resources
- Medicines competency assessment guide
- Medicines competency assessment recording tools
Further useful links include:
- CQC webpage: medicines information for adult social services: Medicines information for adult social care services – Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk)
- Interactive guide: Principles of safe medicine administration in a care home setting: Principles of safe medicine administration in a care home setting
- Interactive guide: what good looks like for assisted medicines taking: An Interactive Guide to: What good looks like for assisted medicines taking
Please see the contact details for:
- CQC medicines enquiries: medicines.enquiries@cqc.org.uk
- North West Controlled Drug Team: england.nwcdreporting@nhs.net
