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 (2637 downloads)
- Good Practice Guidance Weekly Medication Audit Checklist (819 downloads)
Controlled drugs
- CD Bulletin Issue 22 - April 22 (70 downloads)
- Common Controlled Drugs and Legal Requirements for Care Homes (211 downloads)
- Guidelines on the management of controlled drugs (CD) in care homes (2075 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 (1165 downloads)
- Good Practice - Covert Medication Review form (675 downloads)
- Permission to Administer Medication in Food to Facilitate Swallowing (634 downloads)
Disposal and waste medicines
- Good Practice - Medication Disposal Sheet (531 downloads)
- Good Practice -Medicines-Waste-Top-Tips-for-Care-homes-Poster (401 downloads)
Homely remedies & self-care (OTC medicines)
- Homely Remedies and Self - Care Products (1042 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Competency Assessment (1334 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Stock Sheet (930 downloads)
- Recommendation for Self Care Product (791 downloads)
MAR chart and associated documents
- Emollient Record Chart (999 downloads)
- Good Practice - Aqueous Cream Wash Chart (642 downloads)
- Good Practice - Insulin Injection Admin Record (405 downloads)
- Good Practice - MAR front cover (1148 downloads)
- Good Practice - Person In Charge Of Medication (870 downloads)
- Good Practice - Sorbaderm Application Record (497 downloads)
- Good Practice - Specimen Signature Sheet (602 downloads)
- Good Practice - Thickener Administration Chart (216 downloads)
- Good Practice - Transdermal Patch Application Record (1503 downloads)
- Good Practice - Warfarin Administration Chart (838 downloads)
- Good Practice - Wash and Emollient Record (541 downloads)
- Good Practice -Daily Transdermal Patch Application Record (844 downloads)
- Nutritional Supplement Administration Chart (819 downloads)
- Topical Application Record (1709 downloads)
Medicine orders, receipt and reconciliation
- Good Practice - Interim Medication Tracker (765 downloads)
- Good Practice - Medication Reconciliation Tracker (214 downloads)
- Good Practice - Monthly Medication Orders and Receipt Tracker Sheet (392 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 (766 downloads)
- Good Practice - Clinical Visit (285 downloads)
- Good Practice Clinical Consultation Prescribing Checklist (173 downloads)
- When Required or Variable Dose Medication (25 downloads)
Prescribing guidance/ resources
- Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes - Think Kidneys (274 downloads)
- I-Hydrate: Resources to Support the Hydration of Care Home Residents (UWL) (1071 downloads)
- NCIC Community Wound Management Formulary_Booklet (407 downloads)
- Scottish UTI Network Urine Colour Chart (709 downloads)
- STOMP STAMP key messages (417 downloads)
- Useful prescribing information - a guide for prescribers (4127 downloads)
Self-administration
Specialist / Critical Medicines
- Good Practice - Blood Sugar Tracker Chart (559 downloads)
- Good Practice - Warfarin Administration Chart (838 downloads)
Storage of medicines
- Good Practice Refrigerator Temperature Monitoring Chart (509 downloads)
- Good Practice - Medication Expiry Date (511 downloads)
- Medication temperature record chart (345 downloads)
- Room temperature record chart (199 downloads)
Transfer of medicines out of care home
- Good Practice - Holiday or Day Leave Medication Tracker (246 downloads)
- Good Practice - Medication Leaving Care Home Tracker Sheet (265 downloads)
When required (PRN) medicines
- PRN and Variable Dose Medications (1082 downloads)
- When Required or Variable Dose Medication (258 downloads)
- When Required or Variable Dose Protocol (1621 downloads)
Competency
Covid 19 / Vitamin D
Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes Advice to Administer Vitamin D Supplement
Medicine errors