Courses
Foundation Course in Medicines Administration | Shared Lives | In-Person
An in-person Foundation Course in Medicines Administration specific to Shared Lives and Foster Carers. It teaches how to support with and (if necessary) administer medicines to the person you care for/support.
- We do not currently offer this as a public course for individuals
- Instead, we recommend our online version
- Click the "find courses" button to see this online version
- A face to face in person course
- Run privately just for your team
- Run at a venue of your choice
- £750 + VAT per workshop (max 16)
Course overview
Course last audited November 2024
This version of our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration is specific to Shared Lives Carers and Foster Carers. It teaches how to support with and (if necessary) administer medicines to the person you care for/support.
The training is up to date with the very latest NICE guidelines for community settings. We are experts in providing medication training to Shared Lives Schemes having many years experience working with several national schemes.
Aimed at
This version of our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration has been designed specifically for:
- Shared Lives Carers
- Foster Carers
Course content
- How to establish what support (if any) a person needs with their medicines
- How to support someone who self-medicates
- How to support someone who needs medicines administered to them
- What medicines paperwork and support plans are needed when administering medicines
- The importance of accurately completing a medicines chart if administering medication
- How to record various scenarios on your design of medicines chart (tailored to your service)
- How to check medicines received from the pharmacy (including blister packs)
- What is ‘secondary dispensing’ and why should it be avoided?
- Understanding pharmacy labels
- Understanding expiry dates
- How to set add, stop and alter medicines on your chart (medicines transcription)
- Where to go for reliable information on medicines (side effects and dose timings)
- How to administer medicines safely from blister packs
- How to administer medicines from original packs
- Ordering prescriptions and medicines
- Administering non-prescribed medicines
- Storage and disposal of medicines
- Administering oral liquid medicines
- Administering creams and ointments
- Administering inhalers
- Administering eye drops
Accreditation
This course is accredited by CPD Assessed.
Certification
Mapping
- The Care Certificate
- NICE – Management of Medicines in Community Settings, March 2017
- CQC Quality Statements: QS 1, 7 and 8
- Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014: Regulation 12
Pricing
£750 + VAT per workshop (max 16) + trainer expenses (click here for details).