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 (865 downloads)
- Weekly Medication Audit Checklist (1901 downloads)
Controlled drugs
- Common Controlled Drugs and Legal Requirements for Care Homes (1180 downloads)
- Guidelines on the management of controlled drugs (CD) in care homes (1564 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 (81 downloads)
- Good Practice - Covert Medication Review form (32 downloads)
- Permission to Administer Medication in Food to Facilitate Swallowing (52 downloads)
Disposal and waste medicines
Homely remedies & self-care (OTC medicines)
- Homely Remedies and Self - Care Products (394 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Competency Assessment (858 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Stock Sheet (423 downloads)
- Recommendation for Self Care Product (427 downloads)
MAR chart and associated documents
- Emollient Record Chart (380 downloads)
- Good Practice - Aqueous Cream Wash Chart (227 downloads)
- Good Practice - MAR front cover (411 downloads)
- Good Practice - Person In Charge Of Medication (323 downloads)
- Good Practice - Sorbaderm Application Record (211 downloads)
- Good Practice - Specimen Signature Sheet (220 downloads)
- Good Practice - Thickener Administration Chart (152 downloads)
- Good Practice - Transdermal Patch Application Record (516 downloads)
- Good Practice - Warfarin Administration Chart (347 downloads)
- Good Practice - Wash and Emollient Record (217 downloads)
- Good Practice -Daily Transdermal Patch Application Record (125 downloads)
- Nutritional Supplement Administration Chart (284 downloads)
- Topical Application Record (568 downloads)
Medicine orders, receipt and reconciliation
- Good Practice - Interim Medication Tracker (286 downloads)
- Medication Reconciliation Tracker (1183 downloads)
- Monthly Medication Tracker (1514 downloads)
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 medicine review letter (403 downloads)
- Good Practice - Clinical Visit (43 downloads)
- Good Practice Clinical Consultation Prescribing Checklist (28 downloads)
Prescribing guidance/ resources
- Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes - Think Kidneys (67 downloads)
- I-Hydrate: Resources to Support the Hydration of Care Home Residents (UWL) (814 downloads)
- Scottish UTI Network Urine Colour Chart (555 downloads)
- STOMP STAMP key messages (92 downloads)
- Useful prescribing information - a guide for prescribers (3851 downloads)
Self-administration
Specialist / Critical Medicines
- Good Practice - Blood Sugar Tracker Chart (237 downloads)
- Good Practice - Insulin Injection Admin Record (118 downloads)
- Good Practice - Warfarin Administration Chart (347 downloads)
Storage of medicines
- Good Practice - Medication Expiry Dates (313 downloads)
- Medication Storage - Temperature Record Chart (683 downloads)
- Refrigerator Temperature Record Chart (941 downloads)
- Room Temperature Record Chart (501 downloads)
Transfer of medicines out of care home
- Holiday or Day Leave Medication Tracker (870 downloads)
- Medication Leaving Care Home Tracker (921 downloads)
When required (PRN) medicines
- PRN and Variable Dose Medications (145 downloads)
- When Required or Variable Dose Protocol (824 downloads)
Competency
Covid 19 / Vitamin D
Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes Advice to Administer Vitamin D Supplement
Medicine errors