The NECS Vulnerable Adults Workstream Group has produced a suite of guidance documents and tools for use across all stakeholder CCGs, based national standards, legislation and guidance. Click on the links below to access these documents.
Audit
- Daily Medicine Administration Record (MAR) Checklist (7453 downloads )
- Good Practice Guidance Weekly Medication Audit Checklist (7999 downloads )
Controlled drugs
- Care Homes Letter August 2022 (6727 downloads )
- CD Bulletin - Issue 22 – April 22 (7567 downloads )
- CD Bulletin – Issue 24 – November 2022 (7149 downloads )
- CD Bulletin – Issue 25 – March 2023 (0 downloads )
- Common Controlled Drugs and Legal Requirements for Care Homes (7388 downloads )
- Management of CD in Care Homes (7134 downloads )
Covert administration & swallowing difficulties
NICE provides a useful Quick Guide to giving medicines covertly. More detailed guidance is available from the CQC and from PrescQIPP [log-in required to access some resources].
The templates below may be useful for recording and reviewing decisions:
- Good Practice – Covert Medication Care form (7847 downloads )
- Good Practice – Covert Medication Review form (7441 downloads )
- Permission to Administer Medication in Food to Facilitate Swallowing (7378 downloads )
Disposal and waste medicines
- Good Practice -Medicines-Waste-Top-Tips-for-Care-homes-Poster (6177 downloads )
- Good Practice – Medication Disposal Sheet (4349 downloads) (7005 downloads )
Homely remedies & self-care (OTC medicines)
- Homely medicines Stock Sheet (6746 downloads )
- Homely Remedies and Self-Care Products (7116 downloads )
- Homely Remedies Competency Assessment (6222 downloads )
- Recommendation for Self-Care Product (8064 downloads )
MAR chart and associated documents
- Emollient Record Chart (7724 downloads )
- Good Practice -Daily Transdermal Patch Application Record (7207 downloads )
- Good Practice – Aqueous Cream Wash Chart (6738 downloads )
- Good Practice – Insulin Injection Admin Record (7023 downloads )
- Good Practice – MAR front cover (7348 downloads )
- Good Practice – Person In Charge Of Medication (6712 downloads )
- Good Practice – Sorbaderm Application Record (7734 downloads )
- Good Practice – Specimen Signature Sheet (8187 downloads )
- Good Practice – Thickener Administration Chart (6069 downloads )
- Good Practice – Transdermal Patch Application Record (7107 downloads )
- Good Practice – Warfarin Administration Chart (6898 downloads )
- Good Practice – Wash and Emollient Record (0 downloads )
- Nutritional Supplement Administration Chart (6910 downloads )
- Topical Application Record (9400 downloads )
Proxy online ordering of medicines in care homes
For information about online ordering medication for care homes using proxy access – including national guidance and a collection of downloadable resources – please refer to the Proxy Ordering page on the NHS England website.
Medicine review
- Care Home Medication Review Letter (6883 downloads )
- Clinical Medication Review: A Practice Guide (6767 downloads )
- Good Practice – Clinical Visit (7731 downloads )
- Good Practice Clinical Consultation Prescribing Checklist (7520 downloads )
Prescribing guidance/ resources
- Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes – Think Kidneys (6665 downloads )
- Scottish UTI Network Urine Colour Chart (7153 downloads )
- STOMP STAMP key messages (7731 downloads )
Self-administration
Specialist / Critical Medicines
- Good Practice – Blood Sugar Tracker Chart (7269 downloads )
- Good Practice – Warfarin Administration Chart (7368 downloads )
Storage of medicines
- Good Practice – Medication Expiry Date (7355 downloads )
- Good Practice Refrigerator Temperature Monitoring Chart (8073 downloads )
- Medication temperature record chart (7489 downloads )
- Room temperature record chart (8074 downloads )
Transfer of medicines out of care homes
- Good Practice – Holiday or Day Leave Medication Tracker (7079 downloads )
- Good Practice – Medication Leaving Care Home Tracker Sheet (8740 downloads )
When required (PRN) medicines
- When Required and Variable Dose Medications – Guidance Notes (7709 downloads )
- When Required or Variable Dose Medication – Form for Patient Records (7591 downloads )