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 (256 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Competency Assessment (514 downloads)
- Stock Count Sheet (1731 downloads)
- Weekly Medication Audit Checklist (1183 downloads)
Controlled drugs
- Common Controlled Drugs and Legal Requirements for Care Homes (937 downloads)
- December 2020 (58 downloads)
- Guidelines on the management of controlled drugs (CD) in care homes (1354 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 (1480 downloads)
- Covert Medication Review form (1012 downloads)
- Permission to Administer Medication in Food to Facilitate Swallowing (996 downloads)
Disposal and waste medicines
Homely remedies & self-care (OTC medicines)
- Example Homely Remedies Policy (909 downloads)
- Homely Remedies and Self - Care Products (202 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Competency Assessment (514 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Guide (1303 downloads)
- Homely Remedies Stock Sheet (244 downloads)
- Recommendation for Self Care Product (260 downloads)
- Safety of Medicines in Care Homes (1084 downloads)
- When Required and Variable Dose Medications (249 downloads)
MAR chart and associated documents
- Emollient Record Chart (142 downloads)
- Good Practice - Aqueos Cream Wash Chart (95 downloads)
- Good Practice - MAR front cover (140 downloads)
- Good Practice - Person In Charge Of Medication (133 downloads)
- Good Practice - Sorbaderm Application Record (88 downloads)
- Good Practice - Speciman Signature Sheet (86 downloads)
- Good Practice - Transdermal Patch Application Record (187 downloads)
- Good Practice - Warfarin Administration Chart (117 downloads)
- Good Practice - Wash and Emollient Record (79 downloads)
- Good Practice -Daily Transdermal Patch Application Record (1102 downloads)
- Good Practice Guidance - Thickener Administration Record (964 downloads)
- Insulin Injection Administration Record Sheet (1003 downloads)
- Nutritional Supplement Administration Chart (89 downloads)
- Topical Application Record (175 downloads)
Medicine orders, receipt and reconciliation
- Good Practice - Interim Medication Tracker (104 downloads)
- Medication Reconciliation Tracker (1012 downloads)
- Monthly Medication Tracker (1305 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 (256 downloads)
- Clinical Consultation Prescribing Checklist (586 downloads)
- Clinical Visit Form (635 downloads)
Prescribing guidance/ resources
- Guidance for the Prevention and Early Recognition of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Care Home Residents (1607 downloads)
- I-Hydrate: Resources to Support the Hydration of Care Home Residents (UWL) (698 downloads)
- Scottish UTI Network Urine Colour Chart (477 downloads)
- Think “Kidneys” Before Administering Medicines To Residents Who Are Unwell (506 downloads)
- Useful prescribing information - a guide for prescribers (3610 downloads)
Self-administration
Specialist / Critical Medicines
- Good Practice - Blood Sugar Tracker Chart (87 downloads)
- Good Practice - Warfarin Administration Chart (117 downloads)
- Insulin Injection Administration Record Sheet (1003 downloads)
Storage of medicines
- Good Practice - Medication Expiry Dates (104 downloads)
- Medication Storage - Temperature Record Chart (495 downloads)
- Refrigerator Temperature Record Chart (779 downloads)
- Room Temperature Record Chart (359 downloads)
Transfer of medicines out of care home
- Holiday or Day Leave Medication Tracker (788 downloads)
- Medication Leaving Care Home Tracker (798 downloads)
When required (PRN) medicines
- PRN and Variable Dose Medications (1508 downloads)
- When Required or Variable Dose Medication (564 downloads)
Competency
Medicine errors