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 (2802 downloads )
- Good Practice Guidance Weekly Medication Audit Checklist (2813 downloads )
Controlled drugs
- Care Homes Letter August 2022 (2507 downloads )
- CD Bulletin - Issue 22 – April 22 (2582 downloads )
- CD Bulletin – Issue 24 – November 2022 (2537 downloads )
- CD Bulletin – Issue 25 – March 2023 (0 downloads )
- Common Controlled Drugs and Legal Requirements for Care Homes (3036 downloads )
- Management of CD in Care Homes (2952 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 (3066 downloads )
- Good Practice – Covert Medication Review form (2925 downloads )
- Permission to Administer Medication in Food to Facilitate Swallowing (2676 downloads )
Disposal and waste medicines
- Good Practice -Medicines-Waste-Top-Tips-for-Care-homes-Poster (2474 downloads )
- Good Practice – Medication Disposal Sheet (4349 downloads) (2679 downloads )
Homely remedies & self-care (OTC medicines)
- Homely medicines Stock Sheet (2700 downloads )
- Homely Remedies and Self-Care Products (2297 downloads )
- Homely Remedies Competency Assessment (2354 downloads )
- Recommendation for Self-Care Product (2669 downloads )
MAR chart and associated documents
- Emollient Record Chart (2791 downloads )
- Good Practice -Daily Transdermal Patch Application Record (2918 downloads )
- Good Practice – Aqueous Cream Wash Chart (2368 downloads )
- Good Practice – Insulin Injection Admin Record (2358 downloads )
- Good Practice – MAR front cover (2912 downloads )
- Good Practice – Person In Charge Of Medication (2299 downloads )
- Good Practice – Sorbaderm Application Record (2585 downloads )
- Good Practice – Specimen Signature Sheet (2929 downloads )
- Good Practice – Thickener Administration Chart (2562 downloads )
- Good Practice – Transdermal Patch Application Record (2970 downloads )
- Good Practice – Warfarin Administration Chart (2304 downloads )
- Good Practice – Wash and Emollient Record (0 downloads )
- Nutritional Supplement Administration Chart (2558 downloads )
- Topical Application Record (3270 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 (2286 downloads )
- Clinical Medication Review: A Practice Guide (2639 downloads )
- Good Practice – Clinical Visit (2918 downloads )
- Good Practice Clinical Consultation Prescribing Checklist (2904 downloads )
Prescribing guidance/ resources
- Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes – Think Kidneys (2431 downloads )
- Scottish UTI Network Urine Colour Chart (2770 downloads )
- STOMP STAMP key messages (2850 downloads )
Self-administration
Specialist / Critical Medicines
- Good Practice – Blood Sugar Tracker Chart (2814 downloads )
- Good Practice – Warfarin Administration Chart (2360 downloads )
Storage of medicines
- Good Practice – Medication Expiry Date (2677 downloads )
- Good Practice Refrigerator Temperature Monitoring Chart (2960 downloads )
- Medication temperature record chart (2648 downloads )
- Room temperature record chart (3124 downloads )
Transfer of medicines out of care homes
- Good Practice – Holiday or Day Leave Medication Tracker (2640 downloads )
- Good Practice – Medication Leaving Care Home Tracker Sheet (2947 downloads )
When required (PRN) medicines
- When Required and Variable Dose Medications – Guidance Notes (2989 downloads )
- When Required or Variable Dose Medication – Form for Patient Records (2924 downloads )