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 (2170 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Competency Assessment (323 downloads)
- Stock Count Sheet (1520 downloads)
- Weekly Medication Audit Checklist (905 downloads)
Controlled drugs
- Common Controlled Drugs and Legal Requirements for Care Homes (814 downloads)
- Guidelines on the management of controlled drugs (CD) in care homes (1228 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:
- Covert Medication Care Documentation Form (1289 downloads)
- Covert Medication Review form (871 downloads)
- Permission to Administer Medication in Food to Facilitate Swallowing (877 downloads)
Disposal and waste medicines
Homely remedies & self-care (OTC medicines)
- Example Homely Remedies Policy (804 downloads)
- Homely Remedies and Self - Care Products (110 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Competency Assessment (323 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Guide (1221 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Stock Sheet (158 downloads)
- Recommendation for Self Care Product (185 downloads)
- Safety of Medicines in Care Homes (991 downloads)
- When Required and Variable Dose Medications (136 downloads)
MAR chart and associated documents
- Aqueous Cream Wash Chart (739 downloads)
- Emollient Record Sheet (882 downloads)
- Good Practice -Daily Transdermal Patch Application Record (995 downloads)
- Good Practice Guidance - Thickener Administration Record (839 downloads)
- Insulin Injection Administration Record Sheet (865 downloads)
- Medicine Administration Record (MAR) Front Cover (960 downloads)
- Nutritional Supplement Administration Chart (683 downloads)
- Responsible Person in Charge of Medication (RP) (697 downloads)
- Skin Wash and Emollient Administration Record Sheet (654 downloads)
- Sorbaderm Application Record Sheet (604 downloads)
- Specimen Signature Sheet (544 downloads)
- Topical Application Record Sheet (2801 downloads)
- Warfarin Administration Chart (902 downloads)
Medicine orders, receipt and reconciliation
- Interim Medication Tracker (962 downloads)
- Medication Reconciliation Tracker (921 downloads)
- Monthly Medication Tracker (1190 downloads)
- Consent to Proxy Access to GP Online Services (283 downloads)
- NECS Guide for Care Homes - Ordering Medication Online using Proxy Access (5 downloads)
- NECS Guide for GP organisations - Care Home Medication Orders via Proxy Access (4 downloads)
- Risk Assessment Tool for Online Ordering and EPS in Care Homes (6 downloads)
For more information about proxy online ordering of medicines in care homes, please refer to the NHSX suite of supporting documents on the Future NHS platform [Register first @ https://future.nhs.uk/connect.ti/system/text/register ].
Medicine review
- Care home medicine review letter (172 downloads)
- Clinical Consultation Prescribing Checklist (514 downloads)
- Clinical Visit Form (556 downloads)
Prescribing guidance/ resources
- Guidance for the Prevention and Early Recognition of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Care Home Residents (1395 downloads)
- I-Hydrate: Resources to Support the Hydration of Care Home Residents (UWL) (618 downloads)
- Scottish UTI Network Urine Colour Chart (391 downloads)
- Think “Kidneys” Before Administering Medicines To Residents Who Are Unwell (440 downloads)
- Useful prescribing information - a guide for prescribers (3399 downloads)
Self-administration
Specialist / Critical Medicines
- Blood Sugar Tracker Sheet (603 downloads)
- Insulin Injection Administration Record Sheet (865 downloads)
- Warfarin Administration Chart (902 downloads)
Storage of medicines
- Expiry Dates (950 downloads)
- Medication Storage - Temperature Record Chart (392 downloads)
- Refrigerator Temperature Record Chart (674 downloads)
- Room Temperature Record Chart (255 downloads)
Transfer of medicines out of care home
- Holiday or Day Leave Medication Tracker (721 downloads)
- Medication Leaving Care Home Tracker (719 downloads)
When required (PRN) medicines
- PRN and Variable Dose Medications (1372 downloads)
- When Required or Variable Dose Medication (444 downloads)
Competency
Medicine errors