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 (1282 downloads)
- Weekly Medication Audit Checklist (2428 downloads)
Controlled drugs
- Common Controlled Drugs and Legal Requirements for Care Homes (1308 downloads)
- Guidelines on the management of controlled drugs (CD) in care homes (1666 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 (335 downloads)
- Good Practice - Covert Medication Review form (170 downloads)
- Permission to Administer Medication in Food to Facilitate Swallowing (175 downloads)
Disposal and waste medicines
- Good Practice - Medication Disposal Sheet (107 downloads)
- Good Practice -Medicines-Waste-Top-Tips-for-Care-homes-Poster (85 downloads)
Homely remedies & self-care (OTC medicines)
- Homely Remedies and Self - Care Products (532 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Competency Assessment (977 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Stock Sheet (534 downloads)
- Recommendation for Self Care Product (526 downloads)
MAR chart and associated documents
- Emollient Record Chart (502 downloads)
- Good Practice - Aqueous Cream Wash Chart (323 downloads)
- Good Practice - Insulin Injection Admin Record (57 downloads)
- Good Practice - MAR front cover (573 downloads)
- Good Practice - Person In Charge Of Medication (471 downloads)
- Good Practice - Sorbaderm Application Record (299 downloads)
- Good Practice - Specimen Signature Sheet (308 downloads)
- Good Practice - Thickener Administration Chart (331 downloads)
- Good Practice - Transdermal Patch Application Record (728 downloads)
- Good Practice - Warfarin Administration Chart (444 downloads)
- Good Practice - Wash and Emollient Record (317 downloads)
- Good Practice -Daily Transdermal Patch Application Record (313 downloads)
- Nutritional Supplement Administration Chart (405 downloads)
- Topical Application Record (798 downloads)
Medicine orders, receipt and reconciliation
- Good Practice - Interim Medication Tracker (410 downloads)
- Good Practice - Monthly Medication Orders and Receipt Tracker Sheet (22 downloads)
- Medication Reconciliation Tracker (1278 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 (472 downloads)
- Good Practice - Clinical Visit (100 downloads)
- Good Practice Clinical Consultation Prescribing Checklist (60 downloads)
Prescribing guidance/ resources
- Final wound management formulary booklet (67 downloads)
- Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes - Think Kidneys (128 downloads)
- I-Hydrate: Resources to Support the Hydration of Care Home Residents (UWL) (882 downloads)
- Scottish UTI Network Urine Colour Chart (600 downloads)
- STOMP STAMP key messages (149 downloads)
- Useful prescribing information - a guide for prescribers (3959 downloads)
Self-administration
Specialist / Critical Medicines
- Good Practice - Blood Sugar Tracker Chart (305 downloads)
- Good Practice - Warfarin Administration Chart (444 downloads)
Storage of medicines
- Good Practice Refrigerator Temperature Monitoring Chart (95 downloads)
- Good Practice - Medication Expiry Date (106 downloads)
- Medication Storage - Temperature Record Chart (775 downloads)
- Room Temperature Record Chart (592 downloads)
Transfer of medicines out of care home
- Good Practice - Holiday or Day Leave Medication Tracker (50 downloads)
- Good Practice - Medication Leaving Care Home Tracker Sheet (59 downloads)
When required (PRN) medicines
- PRN and Variable Dose Medications (348 downloads)
- When Required or Variable Dose Protocol (1004 downloads)
Competency
Covid 19 / Vitamin D
Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes Advice to Administer Vitamin D Supplement
Medicine errors