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 (2223 downloads)
- Good Practice Guidance Weekly Medication Audit Checklist (363 downloads)
Controlled drugs
- Common Controlled Drugs and Legal Requirements for Care Homes (5 downloads)
- Guidelines on the management of controlled drugs (CD) in care homes (1966 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 (962 downloads)
- Good Practice - Covert Medication Review form (543 downloads)
- Permission to Administer Medication in Food to Facilitate Swallowing (526 downloads)
Disposal and waste medicines
- Good Practice - Medication Disposal Sheet (411 downloads)
- Good Practice -Medicines-Waste-Top-Tips-for-Care-homes-Poster (300 downloads)
Homely remedies & self-care (OTC medicines)
- Homely Remedies and Self - Care Products (870 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Competency Assessment (1226 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Stock Sheet (800 downloads)
- Recommendation for Self Care Product (716 downloads)
MAR chart and associated documents
- Emollient Record Chart (845 downloads)
- Good Practice - Aqueous Cream Wash Chart (526 downloads)
- Good Practice - Insulin Injection Admin Record (279 downloads)
- Good Practice - MAR front cover (971 downloads)
- Good Practice - Person In Charge Of Medication (748 downloads)
- Good Practice - Sorbaderm Application Record (437 downloads)
- Good Practice - Specimen Signature Sheet (526 downloads)
- Good Practice - Thickener Administration Chart (21 downloads)
- Good Practice - Transdermal Patch Application Record (1295 downloads)
- Good Practice - Warfarin Administration Chart (713 downloads)
- Good Practice - Wash and Emollient Record (475 downloads)
- Good Practice -Daily Transdermal Patch Application Record (727 downloads)
- Nutritional Supplement Administration Chart (652 downloads)
- Topical Application Record (1403 downloads)
Medicine orders, receipt and reconciliation
- Good Practice - Interim Medication Tracker (669 downloads)
- Good Practice - Medication Reconciliation Tracker (123 downloads)
- Good Practice - Monthly Medication Orders and Receipt Tracker Sheet (268 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 (659 downloads)
- Good Practice - Clinical Visit (238 downloads)
- Good Practice Clinical Consultation Prescribing Checklist (144 downloads)
Prescribing guidance/ resources
- Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes - Think Kidneys (228 downloads)
- I-Hydrate: Resources to Support the Hydration of Care Home Residents (UWL) (1010 downloads)
- NCIC Community Wound Management Formulary_Booklet (312 downloads)
- Scottish UTI Network Urine Colour Chart (682 downloads)
- STOMP STAMP key messages (357 downloads)
- Useful prescribing information - a guide for prescribers (4103 downloads)
Self-administration
Specialist / Critical Medicines
- Good Practice - Blood Sugar Tracker Chart (481 downloads)
- Good Practice - Warfarin Administration Chart (713 downloads)
Storage of medicines
- Good Practice Refrigerator Temperature Monitoring Chart (376 downloads)
- Good Practice - Medication Expiry Date (402 downloads)
- Medication temperature record chart (225 downloads)
- Room temperature record chart (98 downloads)
Transfer of medicines out of care home
- Good Practice - Holiday or Day Leave Medication Tracker (181 downloads)
- Good Practice - Medication Leaving Care Home Tracker Sheet (195 downloads)
When required (PRN) medicines
- PRN and Variable Dose Medications (866 downloads)
- When Required or Variable Dose Medication (141 downloads)
- When Required or Variable Dose Protocol (1481 downloads)
Competency
Covid 19 / Vitamin D
Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes Advice to Administer Vitamin D Supplement
Medicine errors